Working With Plants, Trees, Fences And Walls,

Understand Clearly That When A Great Need Appears A Great Use Appears Also; When There Is Small Need There Is Small Use; It Is Obvious, Then, That Full Use Is Made Of All Things At All Times According To The Necessity Thereof.

In Doing Zazen It Is Desirable To Have A Quiet Room. You Should Be Temperate In Eating And Drinking, Forsaking All Delusive Relationships. Setting Everything Aside, Think Of Neither Good Nor Evil, Right Nor Wrong. Thus Having Stopped The Various Functions Of Your Mind, Five Up Even The Idea Of Becoming A Buddha.

Because Mountains Are High And Broad, The Way Of Riding The Clouds Is Always Reached In The Mountains; The Inconceivable Power Of Soaring In The Wind Comes Freely From The Mountains

Truth Is Not Far Away. It Is Nearer Than Near. There Is No Need To Attain It, Since Not One Of Your Steps Leads Away From It.

If You Would Be Free Of Greed, First You Have To Leave Egotism Behind. The Best Mental Exercise For Relinquishing Egotism Is Contemplating Impermanence.