Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.

I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.

When you can no longer tell the difference between being yourself and being love, you are not far from waking up.

There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists.

The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.

Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer to men.

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, fame and disripute, these are just the worldly winds of existence.

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.

The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.

I shall live here in the rains,There in winter,Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,Not aware of the nearness of death.