Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.

Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

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

You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.

There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.

What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.

Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.