Your Body Is Like A Dew-drop On

There Is No Beginning To Practice Nor End To Enlightenment; There Is No Beginning To Enlightenment Nor End To Practice.

When You Paint Spring, Do Not Paint Willows, Plums, Peaches, Or Apricots, But Just Paint Spring. To Paint Willows, Plums, Peaches, Or Apricots Is To Paint Willows, Plums, Peaches, Or Apricots - It Is Not Yet Painting Spring.

There Are Thousands Upon Thousands Of Students Who Have Practiced Meditation And Obtained Its Fruits. Do Not Doubt Its Possibilities Because Of The Simplicity Of The Method. If You Can Not Find The Truth Right Where You Are, Where Else Do You Expect To Find It?

Know That The True Dharma Emerges Of Itself [during The Practice Of Zazen], Clearing Away Hindrances And Distractions.

When The Old Plum Tree Blooms, The Entire World Blooms.