Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life.

When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it.

People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit in the cross- legged position, or to attain enlightenment. It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense.

Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

We try, and we try, and we fail; and then we go deeper.

You will always exist in the universe in one form or another.

When you are fooled by something else, the damage will not be so big. But when you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal. No more medicine.