Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.

Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.

From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo

Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.

There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores

When your consciousness has become ripe in true zazen-pure like clear water, like a serene mountain lake, not moved by any wind-then anything may serve as a medium for realization.

Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.