There Are Myriads Of Forms And Hundreds

Realization Doesn't Destroy The Individual Any More Than The Reflection Of The Moon Breaks A Drop Of Water. A Drop Of Water Can Reflect The Whole Sky.

Those Who See Worldly Life As An Obstacle To Dharma See No Dharma In Everyday Actions. They Have Not Yet Discovered That There Are No Everyday Actions Outside Of Dharma.

When You Ride In A Boat And Watch The Shore, You Might Assume That The Shore Is Moving. But When You Keep Your Eyes Closely On The Boat, You Can See That The Boat Moves. Similarly, If You Examine Myriad Things With A Confused Body And Mind You Might Suppose That Your Mind And Nature Are Permanent. But When You Practice Intimately And Return To Where You Are, It Will Be Clear That There Is Nothing That Has Unchanging Self.

Inside The Treasury Of The Dharma Eye A Single Grain Of Dust.

Yet You Must Not Cling To The Words Of The Old Sages Either; They, Too, May Not Be Right. Even If You Believe Them, You Should Be Alert So That, In The Event That Something Superior Comes Along, You May Follow That.