Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen.
People who know the state of emptiness will always be able to dissolve their problems by constancy.
Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.
It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live – to exist here and now.
We die, and we do not die.
Someone was sitting in front of a sunflower, watching the sunflower, a cup of sun, and so I tried it too. It was wonderful; I felt the whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower.
It is wisdom that is seeking for wisdom.
To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him.
Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have in your practice. That is naturalness.
Big mind is something to express, not something to figure out. Big mind is something you have, not something to seek for.
The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.
Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.
There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.
A garden is never finished.
We must exist right here, right now!
There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this moment.
The best way to control cow and sheep is to give them a big grazing field.
If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.
It is a big mistake to think that the best way to express yourself is to do whatever you want, acting as you please. This is not expressing yourself. If you know what to do exactly, and you do it, then you can express yourself fully.