If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.

You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order.

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

During zazen, brain and consciousness become pure. It's exactly like muddy water left to stand in a glass. Little by little, the sediment sinks to the bottom and the water becomes pure.

The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.

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

Think with the whole body.