Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.

Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.