Those Who Practice Know Whether

When A Buddha Is Painted, Not Only A Clay Altar Or Lump Of Earth Is Used, But The Thirty-two Marks, A Blade Of Grass, And The Cultivation Of Wisdom For Incalculable Eons Are Used. As A Buddha Has Been Painted On A Single Scroll In This Way, All Buddhas Are Painted Buddhas, And All Painted Buddhas Are Actual Buddhas.

Do No Harmful Actions, Do Not Become Attached To The Cycle Of Death And Rebirth, Show Kindness, Respect The Old And Have Compassion For The Young, Do Not Have A Heart That Rejects Or A Heart That Covets And Have No Worry Or Sadness In Your Heart. This Is What Is Called Enlightenment. Do Not Seek It Elsewhere.

Every Man Possesses The Buddha-nature. Do Not Demean Yourselves.

There Is No Beginning To Practice Nor End To Enlightenment; There Is No Beginning To Enlightenment Nor End To Practice.

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.