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

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are.

Tai Shimano visited Shunryu Suzuki. "How are you feeling these days?" Suzuki replied, "They have a new name for me: Cancer!"

For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.

There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this moment

When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and the outer world is also limitless. We say "inner world" or "outer world" but actually, There is just one whole world.