The world is its own magic.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

To live is enough.

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

Just to be alive is enough.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

When you practice zazen you should not try to attain anything. You should just sit in the complete calmness of your mind and not rely on anything.

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.