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

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

Let your ears hear without trying to hear. Let the mind think without trying to think and without trying to stop it. That is practice.

Discipline is creating the situation.

After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

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.