There are myriads of forms and hundreds of grasses throughout the entire earth, yet each grass and each form itself is the entire earth.

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.

Handle even a single leaf of green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha. This in turn allows the Buddha to manifest through the leaf.

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

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart of plants and trees; this is what awakening the mind for enlightenment is like. The fifth patriarch of Zen was once a pine-planting wayfarer; Rinzai worked on planting cedars and pines on Mount Obaku. . . . Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.