We must exist right here, right now!

Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.

The secret of Soto Zen is just two words: not always so.... In Japanese, it's two words, three words in English. That is the secret of our practice.

There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this moment

The best way to control cow and sheep is to give them a big grazing field.

There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.

I think you're all enlightened, until you open your mouths.