“Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.”

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.

To have a body is to suffer.

The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.

People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.

Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.

As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.

To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.

Everything sacred, nothing sacred.

I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.

You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.

If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.

What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.

But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.

If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.