Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

The secret of Soto Zen is just two words: not always so.... In Japanese, it's two words, three words in English. That is the secret of our practice.

For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.

Things are always changing, so nothing can be yours.

There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment.

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