Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.

Realization doesn't destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.

The one and only thing required is to free oneself from the bondage of mind and body alike, putting the Buddha's own seal upon yourself. If you do this as you sit in ecstatic meditation, the whole universe itself scattered through the infinity of space turns into enlightenment. This is what I mean by the Buddha's seal.

I haven't got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.

Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.

When the old plum tree blooms, the entire world blooms.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.