Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment.

- Kodo Sawaki

You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don't waste time thinking about who's mo…

- Kodo Sawaki

You don’t seek the way. The way seeks you.

- Kodo Sawaki

Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone.

- Kodo Sawaki

Satori has no beginning; practice has not end!

- Kodo Sawaki

To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life …

- Kodo Sawaki

Live the Self that fills the whole Universe.

- Kodo Sawaki

Only a lion can recognize a lion's roar.

- Kodo Sawaki

We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen.

- Kodo Sawaki