So if we look at progress, or evolution, or we look at accomplishment in our life, the key is to be continually moving on, expanding and growing, cla….

When we really let go, we become everything. At that point we are identified with all things: the flower, the oak tree, the morning star..

Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for us. Competitiveness is a b….

To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself..

There is a transcendent awareness, a Big Mind, a Big Heart, present and readily accessible to each and every one of us. When we realize it, we see it….

The Mind cannot be confused, but it is confusion..

True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what? It really does not matter what we call it: God or the Tao or the Dharma or the Bud….

These various forms appear different in shape and size, yet they are of a single essence. . . . The Sixth Patriarch called it "essence of Mind". . . ….