The more honest and authentic we are, the more deeply we go into the mystery of our own being.

The world's problems are, by and large, human problems-the unavoidable consequence of egoic sleepwalking. If we care to look, all the signs are present to suggest that we are not only sleepwalking, but at times borderline insane as well.

The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be yours.

The Buddha's insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation of the middle way as being the very nature of unexcelled enlightenment. The middle way is an invitation to leap beyond nirvana and samsara and to realize the unborn Buddha mind right in the middle of everywhere.

Meditation is a dress rehearsal for death.

True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer.

Misery needs your conspiracy; it needs your help. Without your resistance misery cannot survive.