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

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.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.

We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.

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.

Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.