Watchfulness is experiencing a sudden glimpse of something without any qualifications - just the sudden glimpse itself.

Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.

The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.

The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.

when one learns a different way of dealing with the situation, one no longer has to have a purpose. One is not on the way to somewhere. Or rather, one is on the way and one is also at the destination at the same time. That is really what meditation is for.

Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.