To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." I say, "I do not think, that is why I exist."

If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.

You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.

If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the top of our nose, that is not so good.