As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now.

If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense, then even though you practice very hard, what you acquire is just technique. It won't help you through and through. Perhaps you can hit the mark without trying, but without a bow and arrow you cannot do anything. If you understand the point of practice, then even without a bow and arrow the archery will help you. How you get that kind of power or ability is only through right practice.

Things are always changing, so nothing can be yours.

You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice.

Without ignoring the objective side of the truth, it has to be subjective as well, Buddha's whole teaching just for you, something you can taste. Not something to believe in but to discover, to experience.

Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble. You yourself make the waves in your mind. If you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm. This mind is called big mind.

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