Behavior influences consciousness. Right behavior means right consciousness. Our attitude here and now influences the entire environment: our words, …

- Taisen Deshimaru

Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imaginati…

- Taisen Deshimaru

Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.

- Taisen Deshimaru

You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order.

- Taisen Deshimaru

Think with your whole body.

- Taisen Deshimaru

The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.

- Taisen Deshimaru

The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant.

- Taisen Deshimaru

If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.

- Taisen Deshimaru

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

- Taisen Deshimaru