Our way is not to be prohibitive or controlling. Just to put our effort to another direction is our way. — Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki le...

Most young people have this kind of feeling—a kind of resistance. When we have this kind of resistance, observing something quite common is...

If we don't know what is true practice and the nature of our practice based on human culture and where we should put our effort, we can...

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Like I told you over and over, the point of our effort is like this: for the beginner it looks very discouraging and frustrating. Someone i...

If we do not know how to resume the source of life, we will have both joy and regretfulness. We cannot enjoy our life in its true sense wit...

In zazen, our mind should not be in a state of contamination or in the state of sleepiness. If sleeping, we cannot practice zazen. But on t...

The evolution of life creates many problems for us. I am not regretful about our civilization. I enjoy it very much. But at the same time, ...

I went to Yosemite and saw a waterfall. I was watching it. It was one sheet of white pearls hanging on rock. But a part of it was separated...

In ancient times, people practiced various ways. Sometimes they meditated on skeletons; sometimes they meditated on water; or sometimes the...