It is as though you have an eye, That sees all forms. But does not see itself. This is how your mind is. Its light penetrates everywhere, And engulfs everything, So why does it not know itself?

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

A special transmission outside the scriptures, Not founded upon words and letters; By pointing directly to [one’s] mind, It lets one see into [one’s own true] nature and [thus] attain Buddhahood.

Zen lives in the present. The Whole teaching is: how to be in the present; how to get out of the past which is no more and how not to get involved in the future which is not yet, and just to be rooted, centered, in that which is.

Reality is reality. It transcends every concept.

Bodhi is originally without any tree, The bright mirror is also not a stand. Originally there is not a single thing — Where could any dust be attracted?