Faith is a state of openness or trust...In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to the truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. Pride is extra. Right effort is to get rid of something extra.

It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

Let your ears hear without trying to hear. Let the mind think without trying to think and without trying to stop it. That is practice.

For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.