We Must Always Be Disturbed By The

In A Mind Clear As Still Water, Even The Waves, Breaking, Are Reflecting Its Light.

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

If You Want To Do A Certain Thing, You First Have To Be A Certain Person. Once You Become That Certain Person, You Will Not Care Anymore About Doing That Certain Thing.

If He Cannot Stop The Mind That Seeks After Fame And Profit, He Will Spend His Life Without Finding Peace.

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.