Instead of criticizing, find out how to help.

There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.

The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking; we stop emotional activity; we just sit. Whatever happens to us, we are not bothered. We just sit. It is like something happening in the great sky. Whatever kind of bird flies through it, the sky doesn't care. That is the mind transmitted from Buddha to us.

The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.

In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.

When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.

To renounce things is not to give them up. It is to acknowledge that all things go away.