In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time.

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.

If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing in nothing, believing in something which has no form or no color, which is ready to take form or color. This enlightenment is the immutable truth. It is on this orginal truth that our activity, our thinking, and our practice should be based.

The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with its surroundings ... and there is no trouble. This is what we mean by naturalness.

To find perfect composure in the midst of change is to find nirvana.