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

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

To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.

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

I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."

Realization doesn't destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.

What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.