So, those who hate, those who are violent in nature, live in a world of hate and fear and violence inside themselves, inside their minds, inside their awareness.

If there wasn't a way around the samskaras, no one would ever become enlightened.

You are not anyone or anything in particular. You are awareness itself. You don't have a particular form. You contain everything or you are contained by all things.

At the end of meditation period we always bow and we touch our head to the floor and say "Buddha's name be praised."

Zen is not a religion. There is no room for a cult. There is no dependence on a teacher. There is only learning how to use your own mind and making it strong.

All success in sports and athletics, from the Zen point of view, comes from the mind. No matter what kind of shape your body is in, there is disharmony in the being.

Find a teacher and devote yourself to the study, but in a balanced way, not a fanatical way.