As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

In your everyday life you always have opportunities for enlightenment. If you go to the rest room, there is a chance to attain enlightenment. When you cook, there is a chance to attain enlightenment. When you clean the floor, there is a chance to attain enlightenment.

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

You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget all about yourself.

We do not slight the idea of enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future. We have to make our effort in this moment. This is the most important thing for our practice.

We have to study with our warm heart, not just with our brain.