"Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately."
- Dōgen
"When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - it is ..."
"To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad."
"Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves."
"There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind..."