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

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

Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.

There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.

The one and only thing required is to free oneself from the bondage of mind and body alike, putting the Buddha's own seal upon yourself. If you do this as you sit in ecstatic meditation, the whole universe itself scattered through the infinity of space turns into enlightenment. This is what I mean by the Buddha's seal.

If we look at the world with a deluded body and mind, we will think that our self is permanent. But if we practice correctly and return to our true self, we will realize that nothing is permanent