The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.

Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.

To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

To have a body is to suffer.

The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.

Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.

In order to see a fish you must watch the water.

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something—always, in a word, seeking.

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. This mind has no form or characteristics, no cause or effect, no tendons or bones. It's like space. You can't hold it. It's not the mind of materialists or nihilists. If you don't see your own miraculously aware nature, you'll never find a Buddha, even if you break your body into atoms.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.

The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.