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

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

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

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.

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

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

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

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

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

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

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

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

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

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

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

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

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

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

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