Fire is hot; water, cold.
Where no Buddha, the Buddha works.
Spring opens a hundred flowers — for whom?
He dies, I die - Where can we meet?
What is the color of the wind? Where does the rain come from?
Not flattered by praise, not hurt by blame.
Watch all sentient beings with merciful eyes.
All things that exist are like a dream, a phantom, a bubble, a reflection; they are like dew or lightning; thus should you view them.
Diamond Sutra
Never comparable to anything: How can I preach it?
With the slightest yes and no, Mind is lost in confusion.
No good thought, no evil thought.
Coming back with satori but everything just as before: Hermit Mountain's drizzle and mist, Crooked River's waves . . .
Once you preach, the point is gone.
Worldly passions inseparable from satori.
Produce Mind Without attachment to anything.
Merciful words come out of the merciful mouth.
Spring comes: grass grows.
Seek satori within yourself! Where else?
Everything is true just as it is: Why dislike it? Why hate?
The man who's drunk water Knows if it's cool or warm.
Walking is Zen; sitting, too.
Meeting Sakyamuni, kill him! Meeting Bodhidharma, kill him, too!
No ugliness in a loved child.
Ten thousand laws end in One : Don't stick to that, either!
Teaching beyond teaching; No leaning on words and letters.
Reach for it, and you'll miss; let it loose, and it'll follow.
Pictured rice cakes dissolve hunger?
From the origins nothing exists.
Heaven, earth, and I: the same root. Everything and I: one thing.
Killing or vivifying is in these hands.
Ordinary mind is the Way.
However priceless, a piece of gold In the eye is nothing but grit.
When cold say cold; When hot say hot.
Need fire? Best strike a flint. Water? Dig a well.
Seeking words, chasing phrases: When do you have time for satori?
Much understand, much problem. Little understand, little problem. Complete DON'T KNOW, no problem.
A smiling face offers mercy; A troubled mind contains vicious poison.
One snowflake falling on a burning furnace.
Watch your own steps!
Go a thousand miles not moving a foot!
One blind man leads many blind men Into the fire hole hand in hand.
From outside the shoes, to scratch where you itch.
Day after day a very good day: Winds come and trees bow.
Cast away Dharma, Not to mention non-Dharma.
Open your mouth— instantly wrong; Move your tongue— against the truth.
Rich food doesn't tempt the man who has eaten.
A hungry dog bites a dry bone.
Angry waves: not so dangerous as man's mind.
It rains: the earth wet.
Sitting motionless, nothing happening — Spring coming, grass growing.
