You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget all about yourself.

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].

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.

Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can do it.

To be different is to have value. In this sense all things have equal, absolute value. Each thing has absolute value and thus is equal to everything else.

Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.