The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

The obstacle is the path.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

Buddhas and ordinary beings are not two. Enlightenment and delusion are not different paths.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.