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 die, and we do not die.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

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

Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.

It must be obvious...that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.

Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.