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

If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense, then even though you practice very hard, what you acquire is just technique. It won't help you through and through. Perhaps you can hit the mark without trying, but without a bow and arrow you cannot do anything. If you understand the point of practice, then even without a bow and arrow the archery will help you. How you get that kind of power or ability is only through right practice.

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

We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything.

Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our effort, moment after moment, is our way.

Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.