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

Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is masked from us by our assumption that there is a separation, that there is a problem.

To find perfect composure in the midst of change is to find nirvana.

To renounce things is not to give them up. It is to acknowledge that all things go away.

Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.

If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts, that is true observation of the precepts.

If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after you attain it, it is nothing special.