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

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

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

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

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

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

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

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

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

Where there is great doubt, there is great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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