Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood: all these I do in Zen.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

The role of Zen is neither to stand above life nor to run away from it, but to face it with a spirit of determination.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

To see directly is to be free of hope and fear. Hope and fear are like a cloud before the sun.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.