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.
From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo
I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
Seek on high bare trails Sky-reflecting violets... Mountain-top jewels