"One must never try to bring a Chan Master's teaching down to one's own level of understanding for, should you try to understand it from your own self-opinionated viewpoint, you will never understand.
"Before asking for the Truth from a Master you must make your body and mind pure and quieten your perceptions so that both your eyes and ears peceive and hear in peace; simply listen to the teaching and do not allow it to become soiled by your own thoughts.
"Your Body and Mind must be as one with each other as water is poured from one bowl to another. If you can achieve such a state of body and mind, the Truth that the master teaches can be made one with yourself."