By teaching we will understand what we are ourselves. But teaching is not ourselves; it is some explanation of ourselves. So, if you attac...

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. It is impossible to study ourselves without some teachi...

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When you understand in this way, whatever you do is an expression of true nature. Scientific research, philosophical study, or artistic wo...

If you think that if you practice hard, you will attain enlightenment sooner [laughs], and if you are lazy in your practice, you will att...

To polish a tile. That is our practice. Even though you polish it, a tile is a tile [laughs]. But to polish is our practice. It doesn’t ma...

When Baso was practicing zazen: Nangaku said, “Why do you practice? What is the purpose of your practice?” “I want to be a buddha,” he sa...

The Sixth Patriarch emphasized pairs of opposites. He pointed out thirty-six pairs of opposites: heaven and earth, good and bad, something...

The question which do you hit, the cart or the horse was a question given to Baso. His famous statement was, “Although you speak quite wel...

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