There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores

the universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.

I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.

Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?

Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto

When your consciousness has become ripe in true zazen-pure like clear water, like a serene mountain lake, not moved by any wind-then anything may serve as a medium for realization.