People Who Truly Follow The Way Would

Do Not Be Amazed By The True Dragon.

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.

The Zazen I Speak Of Is Not Learning Meditation. It Is Simply The Dharma Gate Of Repose And Bliss, The Practice-realization Of Totally Culminated Enlightenment. It Is The Manifestation Of Ultimate Reality. Traps And Snares Can Never Reach It. Once Its Heart Is Grasped, You Are Like The Dragon When He Gains The Water, Like The Tiger When She Enters The Mountain. For You Must Know That Just There (in Zazen) The Right Dharma Is Manifesting Itself And That, From The First, Dullness And Distraction Are Struck Aside.

Students Of The Way Must Not Study Buddhism For The Sake Of Themselves. They Must Study Buddhism Only For The Sake Of Buddhism. The Key To This Is To Renounce Both Body And Mind Without Holding Anything Back And To Offer Them To The Great Sea Of Buddhism.

But Do Not Ask Me Where I Am Going, As I Travel In This Limitless World, Where Every Step I Take Is My Home.