The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.

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.

Do not practice buddha-dharma with the thought that it is to benefit others.

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

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.

Forgetting oneself is opening oneself