The time of our delusion does not obstruct the time of our realization. Our practice is not in order to attain realization. Practice itself is the actualization of realization.

You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.

Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold

Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.

Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.