Our practice is based on the traditional understanding of actual being—how everything exists. This understanding was taught by Buddha, a...

As long as you find zazen difficult, because of the difficulties of your practice, that is not zazen. The difficulty you have will make ...

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This self-identity is not just self-identity. It is absolutely contradictory self-identity. A candle has contradictory absolute existenc...

To study Buddhism is to study yourself. To study yourself is to forget yourself. If you forget yourselves, you will be awake but with th...

So, Zen practice has two faces: one is power, and one is peaceful. One is limitation, and one is universality. When you find this kind o...

We are sitting at each point with big energy. That is Zen. It is still, and it is calm, and it is completely peaceful. But that is peace...

So, in our zazen, a big strength or power is necessary. When you are not moving, you do not see the power of Zen students. But neverthel...

We cannot force any thoughts—whether Buddhism or Christianity or communism or capitalism—we cannot force any thoughts on people. Both Ch...