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 cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

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

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