Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet. Isn't it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.

When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body -- it will all get conquered like this.

All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don't see it have no light in their hearts.

At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.

We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.