Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.

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.

But this mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It's the mind that moves.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

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.

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.