It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

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.

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.

Tai Shimano visited Shunryu Suzuki. "How are you feeling these days?" Suzuki replied, "They have a new name for me: Cancer!"

Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time.