Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.

Zen is mind-less activity, that is, Mind-ful activity, and it may often be advisable to emphasize the mind, and say, Take care of the thoughts and the actions will take care of themselves.

The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.

Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.

Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, bur appropriate actions in an imperfect one.

Zen is the game of insight, the game of discovering who you are beneath the social masks.

We that change, hate change. And we that pass, love what abides. Ashes, darkness, dust.