Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing.

In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.

You must learn to wait properly.

He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.

The spider dances her web without knowing there are flies that will get caught in it. The fly, dancing nonchalantly on a sunbeam gets caught without knowing what lies in store. But through both of them "It" dances. So, too, the archer hits the target without having aimed-more I cannot say.

The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind so decisively that nothing more is left of you but a purposeless tension .