White clouds end atthe frozen cliff’sedge. The essential luminositycuts through the darkness asthe bright moon followsthe…

Searching for attributes is wrong Seeing no form is like death Don’t ask if it’s vast…

The sun brightensthe solitary peak,blue. The moon’s facein the valley stream,cold. The intimate vastness of the…

In the past, when I began to study Zen,it was all a mistake. Wandering through numberlessmountains…

A rag-robed chewer of vegetables,my heart is like the clear autumn moonthrough and through. Ask me…

Everyone bound by karma,speaking of a Buddha-mind “within”. Tied up by thisI couldn’t find it. Finally…

The sacred place is not remote; No special road leads to it. If one proceeds where…

The followers of Buddha are extolled in every quarter The disciples of Confucius are praised throughout…

Various reflections, yet the surface is unscarred, From the very beginning unclouded — clear mirror