Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and reciting prayers. Each act must be carried out in mindfulness.

In Zen Buddhism, the greater your doubt, the greater will be your enlightenment. That is why doubt can be a good thing. If you are too sure, if you always have conviction, then you may be caught in your wrong perception for a long time.

Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.

I would not be happy if I had not become a monk.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

Your presence is a miracle.

Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.