The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

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.

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

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

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

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

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

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

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.

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfection.

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

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

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

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

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.

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

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

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.