When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm of Great Activity picking up a grain of sand is the same as taking up the whole universe. To save one sentient being is to save all sentient beings. Your efforts of this moment to save one person is the same as the eternal merit of Buddha.

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him.

How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.

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.

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.

Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.