If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.

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 zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.

After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it.