If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.
There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.
The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.
No teaching could be more direct than just to sit down.
The best way to control cow and sheep is to give them a big grazing field.
To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism.