To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.

A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no end to the water. A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it flies there is no end to the air. However the fish and the bird have never left their elements. Thus each of them totally covers its full range, and each of them totally experiences its realm... Know that water is life and air is life. The bird is life and the fish is life. Life must be the bird and life must be the fish... practice, enlightenment and people are like this.

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.

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

Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field.

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