The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.

If I am asked If I am asked, then, what Zen teaches, I would answer, Zen teaches nothing. Whatever teachings there are in Zen, they come out of one's own mind. We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.

We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at the same time and yet not see anything. That is to understand Zen.

To live - is that not enough?

Personal experience, therefore, is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.