Original Face:

‘The original face is really nameless, but it is indicated by such terms as original face, the Lord, the Buddha nature, and the true Buddha. (...) Every time a thought arises, throw it away. Just devote yourself to sweeping away the thoughts. Sweeping away thoughts means performing zazen. When thought is put down, the original face appears. The thoughts are like clouds; when the clouds have cleared, the moon appears. That moon of eternal truth is the original face.
The heart is itself the Buddha. What is called ‘seeing into one’s nature’ means to realize the heart of Buddha. Again and again put down the thought, and then see the heart Buddha’. (Zen Master Myocho (aka Daito Kokushi); from ‘A First Zen Reader’; compiled and translated by Trevor Leggett (1960): www.dailyzen.com/zen/zen_reading15. asp).

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