When you are fooled by something else, the damage will not be so big. But when you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal. No more medicine.

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.

In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.

When you do not realize that you are one with the river, or one with the universe, you have fear. Whether it is separated into drops or not, water is water. Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore.

In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are.

For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.