Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.
I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.