Time Is Three Eyes And Eight Elbows.

A Zen Master's Life Is One Continuous Mistake.

In A Snowfall That Covers The Winter Grass A White Heron Uses His Own Whiteness To Disappear.

Understand Clearly That When A Great Need Appears A Great Use Appears Also; When There Is Small Need There Is Small Use; It Is Obvious, Then, That Full Use Is Made Of All Things At All Times According To The Necessity Thereof.

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.

Be Moderate In Eating And Drinking. Mindful Of The Passing Of Time, Engage Yourself In Zazen As Though Saving Your Head From Fire.