True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it come in, and let it go out. It will not stay long. When you try to stop your thinking, it means you are bothered by it. Do not be bothered by anything. It appears as if something comes from outside your mind, but actually it is only the waves of your mind, and if you are not bothered by the waves, gradually they will become calmer and calmer.

To find perfect composure in the midst of change is to find nirvana.

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

To renounce things is not to give them up. It is to acknowledge that all things go away.

No teaching could be more direct than just to sit down.

Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.