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

Happiness is sorrow; sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty; difficulty in happiness. Even though the ways we feel are different, they are not really different, in essence they are the same. This is the true understanding transmitted from Buddha to us.

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

Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.

No teaching could be more direct than just to sit down.

Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen.