A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.

Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life.

Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day of your life, without using it for your own sake. Why is it so? Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately.

Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.

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

Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.