Hakuin Ekaku

All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas. How sad that people ignore the near and search the truth afar: like someone in the midst of watercrying out in thirst: like a child of a wealthy home wandering among the poor.

— Hakuin Ekaku

Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads.

— Hakuin Ekaku

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

— Hakuin Ekaku