There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.