All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are.

When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing.

A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.

The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is, is the nature of all delusion.

Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home.

The facts of our lives, when we are able to know them, will free us from the torment we are in. When we can bear reality thoroughly, suffering is over. Pain may exist, but it is only pain. Suffering is what we add to pain.

Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.