You cannot find any peace by escaping from human pain and suffering; you have to find peace and harmony right in the midst of human pain. That is the purpose of spiritual life — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick. — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
Real knowing comes up when we stand in the appropriate place. But usually we don’t. First we want to understand something according to individual knowledge, prejudice, customs and habits. This means we are standing up in our individual place, not the universal perspective. This egoistic behavior makes it very difficult to see the overall picture. But buddhas and ancestors recommend… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share
Karma is not something pessimistic. If you think of karma as something wrong, you are seeing karma only according to what happened in the past. You look at the past and karma becomes a monster. So you should also look at karma in the present and future. Then karma becomes something very wide and really alive. Through karma you can… — DAININ KATAGIRI Copy Share
Accept that your life is going on beyond your usual understanding. — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
If you want to take care of tomorrow, take better care of today. We always live now. All we have to do is entrust… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
All of us experience a gap between our minds and the reality of timethat's why we suffer. — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
If you want to find Buddha nature, love someone and care for them. — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
You cannot find any peace by escaping from human pain and suffering; you have to find peace and harmony right in the midst of… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
The nature of ignorance is to lack deep communication with nature or with the universe. It is to separate, to isolate, to create discrimination… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
You have to do your best to face every moment, because this moment will never come again. The moment that you are living right… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
