To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body.

For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art.

Someone was sitting in front of a sunflower, watching the sunflower, a cup of sun, and so I tried it too. It was wonderful; I felt the whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower.

A garden is never finished.

Our mind should be free from traces of the past, just like the flowers of spring.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

Things are always changing, so nothing can be yours.