Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen.

All descriptions of reality are limited expressions of the world of emptiness. Yet we attach to the descriptions and think they are reality. That is a mistake.

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.

Instead of criticizing, find out how to help.

The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there is no thought, 'I have attained something.' All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of achievement, no thought of self, we are true beginners. We can really learn something.

Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.