When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it come in, and let it go out. It will not stay long. When you try to stop your thinking, it means you are bothered by it. Do not be bothered by anything. It appears as if something comes from outside your mind, but actually it is only the waves of your mind, and if you are not bothered by the waves, gradually they will become calmer and calmer.

We must exist right here, right now!

Big mind is something to express, not something to figure out. Big mind is something you have, not something to seek for.

If it is raining out, do not walk fast, because it is raining everywhere.

Wabi means spare, impoverished; simple and functional. It connotes a transcendence of fad and fashion. The spirit of wabi imbues all the Zen arts, from calligraphy to karate, from the tea ceremony to Zen archery.

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

As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now.