Chapter Twelve: Exemplary Acts 11

A person asked the Founding Master, “In a world such as ours today, are there still persons of the Way who have seen the nature?” The Founding Master said, “The more the world is like ours, shouldn’t persons of the Way who have seen the nature appear all the more?” The person asked again, “Have you, sir, seen the nature and achieved buddhahood?” The Founding Master laughed and said, “Seeing the nature and achieving buddhahood are not something you do by means of words or recognize through someone’s words. Only a person who has attained that kind of perception can recognize that realm. The true value of the Way and its virtue is something to be authenticated by future generations.”