If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includ….

So for a period of time each day, try to sit, without moving, without expecting anything, as if you were in your last moment. Moment after moment you….

We try, and we try, and we fail; and then we go deeper..

You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget all about yourself..

In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and s….

When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everyth….

Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity..

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

When my master and I were walking in the rain, he would say, 'Do not walk so fast, the rain is everywhere.'.

Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear..

Faith is a state of openness or trust...In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature ….

You are perfect as you are and there is always room for improvement..

Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life..

How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus..

Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble. You yourself make the waves in your mind. If you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm. This ….

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness..

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice..

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there is no thought, 'I have attai….

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

Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement..

Hell is not punishment, it's training..