To be different is to have value. In this sense all things have equal, absolute value. Each thing has absolute value and thus is equal to everything else.

The secret of Soto Zen is just two words: not always so.... In Japanese, it's two words, three words in English. That is the secret of our practice.

Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless, that is already a selfish idea. Selflessness will be there when you do not try anything.

If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything

Take care of things, and they will take care of you.

If you want to read a letter from the Buddha's world, it is necessary to understand Buddha's world.

There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment.