Take care of things, and they will take care of you.

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

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.

The teaching which is written on paper is not the true teaching. Written teaching is a kind of food for your brain. Of course it is necessary to take some food for your brain, but it is more important to be yourself by practicing the right way of life.

When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time.

We have to study with our warm heart, not just with our brain.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.