We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

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

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

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

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.

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.

To live is enough.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

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

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind.

Just to be alive is enough.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

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

The state of mind that exists when you sit in the right posture is, itself, enlightenment.

The world is its own magic.

The most important things in our practice are our physical posture and our way of breathing.