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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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