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.

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

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

The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant.

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

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.

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.