When One First Seeks The Truth, One

A Fish Swims In The Ocean, And No Matter How Far It Swims There Is No End To The Water. A Bird Flies In The Sky, And No Matter How Far It Flies There Is No End To The Air. However The Fish And The Bird Have Never Left Their Elements. Thus Each Of Them Totally Covers Its Full Range, And Each Of Them Totally Experiences Its Realm... Know That Water Is Life And Air Is Life. The Bird Is Life And The Fish Is Life. Life Must Be The Bird And Life Must Be The Fish... Practice, Enlightenment And People Are Like This.

Do Not Doubt That Mountains Walk Simply Because They May Not Appear To Walk Like Humans.

Something You Want Badly Enough Can Always Be Gained. No Matter How Fierce The Enemy, How Remote The Beautiful Lady, Or How Carefully Guarded The Treasure, There Is Always A Means To The Goal For The Earnest Seeker. The Unseen Help Of The Guardian Gods Of Heaven And Earth Assure Fulfillment.

Yet, Though It Is Like This, Simply, Flowers Fall Amid Our Longing And Weeds Spring Up Amid Our Antipathy.

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