12 Quotes by Soko Morinaga

Always now – just now – come into being. Always now – just now – give yourself to death. Practicing this is Zen practice.

Many people are willing to learn techniques that help them live their lives. But the person who seeks to confirm their life at its roots by reaching beyond technique to the fundamentals – to true religion – is exceedingly rare. I find this state of affairs most regrettable. That is why I can’t help but urge you to refrain from evaluating your daily life on the basis of what you think you know, on the basis of collected data.

The purpose of practice is not to increase knowledge but to scrape the scales off the eyes, to pull the plugs out of the ears.