Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.

Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth; sun, moon, and stars.

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

If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.

Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree?

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.

That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.