In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

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.

Things are always changing, so nothing can be yours.

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

I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.

When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time.