Life and death are nothing but the mind. Years, months, days, and hours are nothing but the mind. Dreams, illusions, and mirages are nothing but the mind. The bubbles of water and the flames of fire are nothing but the mind. The flowers of the spring and the moon of the autumn are nothing but the mind. Confusions and dangers are nothing but the mind.

Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is small need there is small use; it is obvious, then, that full use is made of all things at all times according to the necessity thereof.

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

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.

Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.