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

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

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

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

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

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

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

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

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

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

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

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

The obstacle is the path.