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.
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
A zen master's life is one continuous mistake.
Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree?
One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.