You may say that things happen just by chance, but I don't feel that way.

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.

We do not slight the idea of enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future. We have to make our effort in this moment. This is the most important thing for our practice.

We have to study with our warm heart, not just with our brain.

As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw.

It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.

Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.