All descriptions of reality are limited expressions of the world of emptiness. Yet we attach to the descriptions and think they are reality. That is a mistake.

When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?" Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.

You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget all about yourself.

We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid of any dragon.

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

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