Every reality is eternal, every essence is as is: just don’t seek outwardly. If you have a great root of faith, the buddhas are just states of your own experience; whether you are walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, never is it not this.
–Hsuan-sha
From Teachings of Zen, edited by Thomas Clearly, © 1998. By arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston, www.shambhala.com.