If he'd [Jesus] been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a little bit and probably at best he'd be remembered as a Rabbi who said some cool things but that nobody really reads anymore. There's tons of them.

The problem is the way we let our desires stand in the way of our enjoyment of what we already have.

The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.

we ourselves are not something apart from our circumstances. What we are and where we are are one and the same.

Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation.

Sanity and enlightenment...I've been reading a new book Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries, and it contains a commentary on Genjo Koan by Shunryu Suzuki, the author who wrote Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. He doesn't mention sanity at all but I think that one possible definition of enlightenment would be a kind of profound sanity, where being insane is no longer an option.

Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough.