This text takes the contents about kṣama for absolution from sin in the written records of lectures on Zen dialogue by Heze Shen Hui, a disciple of the sixth patriarch Hui Neng, as the subject of discussion to give positive recognition to the thoughtlessness kṣama of innately possessed wisdom of Prajñā and sudden realization of self nature and enlightenment in Zen Buddhism, in comparison to Hui Neng's animitta kṣama and Shen Hsiu's kṣama of nirvana wisdom. The comprehension and analysis of related information thus leads me to think that the thoughtlessness kṣama of Shen Hui of He Tzeh Ch'an embraces the four practical implications, "The absolution from sin not sticking to sin and blessing," "The purification and thoughtlessness of three uncontaminated studies," "The Prajñā kṣama of animitta and dharmata bhuta-tathata (true sign)," and "The no-going and knowing-set right view and thoughtlessness," signifying the further development following Hui Neng's animitta kṣama.
