Do Not Practice Buddha-dharma With The Thought

A Flower Falls, Even Though We Love It; And A Weed Grows, Even Though We Do Not Love It.

Do Not View Mountains From The Scale Of Human Thought.

In The Assemblies Of The Enlightened Ones There Have Been Many Cases Of Mastering The Way Bringing Forth The Heart Of Plants And Trees; This Is What Awakening The Mind For Enlightenment Is Like. The Fifth Patriarch Of Zen Was Once A Pine-planting Wayfarer; Rinzai Worked On Planting Cedars And Pines On Mount Obaku. . . . Working With Plants, Trees, Fences And Walls, If They Practice Sincerely They Will Attain Enlightenment.

If You Would Be Free Of Greed, First You Have To Leave Egotism Behind. The Best Mental Exercise For Relinquishing Egotism Is Contemplating Impermanence.

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.