To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.

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

Forgetting oneself is opening oneself

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

Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.

Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.