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Whenever Learners Or Those Beyond Learning Awaken The Mind, For The First Time They Plant One Buddha-nature. Working With The Four Elements And Five Clusters, If They Practice Sincerely They Attain Enlightenment. Working With Plants, Trees, Fences And Walls, If They Practice Sincerely They Will Attain Enlightenment. This Is Because The Four Elements And Five Clusters And Plants, Trees, Fences And Walls Are Fellow Students; Because They Are Of The Same Essence, Because They Are The Same Mind And The Same Life, Because They Are The Same Body And The Same Mechanism.

Be Moderate In Eating And Drinking. Mindful Of The Passing Of Time, Engage Yourself In Zazen As Though Saving Your Head From Fire.

A Flower Falls, Even Though We Love It; And A Weed Grows, Even Though We Do Not Love It.

People Who Truly Follow The Way Would Do Well To Conceal The Fact That They Are Buddhists.

No Matter How Bad A State Of Mind You May Get Into, If You Keep Strong And Hold Out, Eventually The Floating Clouds Must Vanish And The Withering Wind Must Cease.