If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen, and that the most important thing is to have a plain, white screen.

When my master and I were walking in the rain, he would say, 'Do not walk so fast, the rain is everywhere.'

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

If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. Pride is extra. Right effort is to get rid of something extra.

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.

It is wisdom that is seeking for wisdom.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.