Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

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

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.

You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.

When the old plum tree blooms, the entire world blooms.

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."

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