Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.

If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].

Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.

When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon everything.

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

There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.

Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.