"So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a tile a jewel. Bu…"

"So I say, ‘Oh, I am sorry but soon you will see the bright sunrise every morning and beautiful sunset in the evening,…"

"The highest truth is daiji, translated as dai jiki in Chinese scriptures. This is the subject of the question the emp…"

"Communication is — start by understanding — your own understanding about people. Even though you want them to underst…"

"When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself."

"You may say you attained some stage in your practice. But that is just a trivial event in your long life. It is like …"

"There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity."

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few."

"The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it g…"

"What is true zazen? What do you mean by Zen becomes Zen and you become you? You become you is a very important point.…"