“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.”

“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.”

“A Buddha doesnt observe precepts. A Buddha doesnt do good or evil. A Buddha isnt energetic or lazy. A Buddha is someone who does nothing, someone who cant even focus his mind on a Buddha. A Buddha ...”

“Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.”

“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.”

“Freeing oneself from words is liberation.”

“People of this world are deluded. Theyre always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let t...”

“The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included. Its like the root of a tree. All a trees fruit and flowers, branches and leaves depend o...”

“Not being tense but ready.Not thinking but not dreaming.Not being set but flexible.Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement.It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for w...”

“...it's like this. Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept. And then you start to hurry. You work faster an...”

“It's like you took a bottle of ink and you threw it at a wall. Smash! And all that ink spread. And in the middle, it's dense, isn't it? And as it gets out on the edge, the little droplets get finer...”