“We must all reflect on our motivations with eyes wide open. Somehow before we know it, we're playing to the gallery, anxious about our popularity like an entertainer. If our practice is performance for an audience, it cannot be Buddhadharma.” — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life in a mental hospital. It is worthless if you worry about not having money. It is worthless if you become neurotic because you cannot get a prestigious job. It… — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share
You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life.… — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone. — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
“We must all reflect on our motivations with eyes wide open. Somehow before we know it, we're playing to the gallery, anxious about our… — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This… — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-other that we actually… — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special. — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
