The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

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

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

Zazen is not step-by-step meditation. Rather it is simply the easy and pleasant practice of a Buddha, the realization of the Buddha's Wisdom.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.