KODO SAWAKI ROSHI

To you who would like to leave your rivals in the dust ...

"We often wonder who here is really better. But aren’t we all made out of the same lump of clay?

"Everyone should sit firmly anchored in the place where there is no better and worse.

"Your whole life you’re completely out of your mind because you think it’s obvious that there is a “you” and “the others.” You put on an act to stand out in a crowd, but in reality there’s neither “you” nor “the others.”"
"Buddhadharma means seamlessness. What seam runs between you and me? Sooner or later we all end up acting as if a seam separates friend and foe. When we get too used to this, we believe that this seam really exists.

"Poor and rich, important and unimportant—none of that exists. It’s only glitter on the waves."