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

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

Live the Self that fills the whole Universe.

- Kodo Sawaki

Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment.

- Kodo Sawaki

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

- Kodo Sawaki

Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-othe…

- Kodo Sawaki

Satori has no beginning; practice has not end!

- Kodo Sawaki

No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.

- 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