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

Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can do it.

Someone was sitting in front of a sunflower, watching the sunflower, a cup of sun, and so I tried it too. It was wonderful; I felt the whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower.

Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.

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.

If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have in your practice. That is naturalness.

In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.