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

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

Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.

When you sit in the full lotus position, your left foot is on your right thigh and your right foot is on your left thigh. When we cross our legs like this, even though we have a right leg and a left leg, they become one. The position expresses the oneness of duality: not two and not one. This is the most important teaching: not two, and not one. Our body and mind are not two and not one. If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always yourself, without sticking to an old self.

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