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.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it....In this way our life should be understood. Then there is no problem.

When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time.

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

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

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the teaching is not ourselves. It is some explanation of ourselves. To study the teaching is to know yourselves. That is why we do not ever attach to the teaching, or to the teacher. The moment you meet a teacher you should leave the teacher, and you should be independent. You want a teacher so that you can be independent. So you study yourselves. You have the teacher for yourselves, not for the teacher.

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