We die, and we do not die.

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.

Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well.

Someone was sitting in front of a sunflower, watching the sunflower, a cup of sun, and so I tried it too. It was wonderful; I felt the whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower.

So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others...before you make your own way you cannot help anyone, and no one can help you.

Everything you do is right, nothing you do is wrong, yet you must still make ceaseless effort.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.