But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?

Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.

Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day of your life, without using it for your own sake. Why is it so? Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.

The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.