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

When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.

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.

The world is its own magic.

For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there is no thought, 'I have attained something.' All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of achievement, no thought of self, we are true beginners. We can really learn something.