Practice And Enlightenment Are Not Two.

Why Abandon A Seat In Your Own Home To Wander In Vain Through Dusty Regions Of Another Land? If You Make One False Step, You Miss What Is Right Before Your Eyes.

To What Shall I Liken The World? Moonlight, Reflected In Dewdrops, Shaken From A Crane's Bill.

Truth Is Not Far Away. It Is Nearer Than Near. There Is No Need To Attain It, Since Not One Of Your Steps Leads Away From It.

When Other Sects Speak Well Of Zen, The First Thing That They Praise Is Its Poverty.

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.