If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].

You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.

Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.

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

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

From True Emptiness The Wondrous Being Appears