Big mind is something to express, not something to figure out. Big mind is something you have, not something to seek for.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.

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.

To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing.

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.

A Master who cannot bow to a disciple cannot bow to Buddha.