Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.

To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.

Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.

To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.