Life and death are nothing but the mind. Years, months, days, and hours are nothing but the mind. Dreams, illusions, and mirages are nothing but the mind. The bubbles of water and the flames of fire are nothing but the mind. The flowers of the spring and the moon of the autumn are nothing but the mind. Confusions and dangers are nothing but the mind.

If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.

Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.

Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought.

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.

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.