“Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything.”
“As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.”
“Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.”
“If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.”
“The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.”
“Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.”
“To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.”
“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.”
“To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.”
“Every suffering is a buddha-seed, because suffering impels mortals to seek wisdom. But you can only say that suffering gives rise to Buddhahood. You can’t say that suffering is Buddhahood.”