Katarigi Roshi

“If you want to take care of tomorrow, take better care of today. We always live now. All we have to do is entrust ourselves to the life we now live.”
― Dainin Katagiri

“The important point of spiritual practice is not to try to escape your life, but to face it - exactly and completely.”
― Dainin Katagiri

“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

“The moment that you are living right now is a very important opportunity to make your life vividly alive.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“Life and death occur in a moment. In other words, life and death are nothing but moment. You don’t believe that your life is a moment, because in everyday life you always have lots of choices. But if you see death, you taste it immediately. Moment and you come together, creating the momentum energy of time, and you and death become one; you have no choice.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“Before your mind starts to work and you want to run away, accept every moment as an opportunity presented to you to practice facing reality as it really is.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“Be present, from moment to moment, right in the middle of the real stream of time. That gives you spiritual security.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“You are connected with all beings in time, which permeates into every inch of the cosmic universe, and space, where everyone and everything exists together in peace and harmony.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“Four Noble Truths: the truth of the universality of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of the cessation of suffering, and the truth of the path leading to its cessation.”
― Dainin Katagiri, You Have to Say Something: Manifesting Zen Insight

“Transiency is the naked nature of time.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“No matter how long you try to follow a meaningful purpose in life, impermanence always cuts it off.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“Keep your mouth shut and look directly at impermanence!”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“If you want to make a vivid statement about yourself, say you are kiya—arising only!”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“All you have to do is take care of your posture and breathing with a kind, considerate, and thoughtful spirit.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time