Our mind should be free from traces of the past, just like the flowers of spring.

Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our effort, moment after moment, is our way.

We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.

A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same.

Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.

Even if the sun were to rise from the west, the Bodhisattva has only one way.

Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life.