If I tell you something, you will stick to it and limit your own capacity to find out for yourself.

When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time.

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

When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and the outer world is also limitless. We say "inner world" or "outer world" but actually, There is just one whole world.

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.

The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. The innocence of the first inquiry—what am I?—is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything.

Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere.