What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.

There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.

Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.

People like what is not true and they don't like what is true.

Forgetting oneself is opening oneself