When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it come in, and let it….

Instead of criticizing, find out how to help..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ….

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….

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 ….

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

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

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

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

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….

Hell is not punishment, it's training..

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

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….

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