Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.

There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.

Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.

Since we are provided with both a body and a mind, we grasp onto the physical forms we see. Since we are provided with both a body and a mind, we cling to the sounds we hear. As a consequence, we make ourselves inseparable from all things, yet we are not like some shadowy figure 'lodging' in a mirror or like the moon in water. Whenever we witness what is on the one side, its opposite side will be in darkness.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.