A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same.

It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.

Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well.

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

If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have in your practice. That is naturalness.

Without ignoring the objective side of the truth, it has to be subjective as well, Buddha's whole teaching just for you, something you can taste. Not something to believe in but to discover, to experience.

Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life.