All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.

Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself.

To have a body is to suffer.