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To Study The Buddha Way Is To Study The Self. To Study The Self Is To Forget The Self. To Forget The Self Is To Be Actualized By Myriad Things. When Actualized By Myriad Things, Your Body And Mind As Well As The Bodies And Minds Of Others Drop Away. No Trace Of Realization Remains, And This No Trace Continues Endlessly.

When One First Seeks The Truth, One Separates Oneself From It.

All That's Visible Springs From Causes Intimate To You. While Walking, Sitting, Lying Down, The Body Itself Is Complete Truth. If Someone Asks The Inner Meaning Of This: Inside The Treasury Of Dharma Eye A Single Grain Of Dust.

Handle Even A Single Leaf Of Green In Such A Way That It Manifests The Body Of The Buddha. This In Turn Allows The Buddha To Manifest Through The Leaf.

To Start From The Self And Try To Understand All Things Is Delusion. To Let The Self Be Awakened By All Things Is Enlightenment.