Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it means to put our energy into settling everything in our world here and now, where we really live. — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
Whatever way you put it, I am here only because my world is here. When I took my first breath, my world was born with me. When I die, my world dies with me. In other words, I wasn't born… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
The power of life that is buried deep inside you will never rise up until you have become convinced that you're walking the only… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
When we let go of all our notions about things, everything becomes really true. — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
“As an old man I have my own practice. It is different from that of youth. It is not working facing outward, but just… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
The first undeniable reality is that every living thing dies, and the second undeniable reality is that we suffer throughout our lives because we… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it means to… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
Whatever way you put it, I am here only because my world is here. When I took my first breath, my world was born… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
Your true self is beyond either relying on others or avoiding them in order to know who you are. — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
