The experience of emptiness is not found outside the world of ordinary appearance, as many people mistakenly assume. In truth, we experience emptiness when the mind is free of grasping at appearance.

A mantra is like meeting the Buddha or Bodhisattva himself.

Seeing that nothing is solid or permanent you begin to make yourself at home in the unknown.

Thoughts and emotions will always arise.

When we trust our creativity we encounter a supreme kind of enjoyment - an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our ordinary way of looking at things.

A fresh attitude starts to happen when we look to see that yesterday was yesterday, and now it is gone; today is today and now it is new. It is like that - every hour, every minute is changing. If we stop observing change, then we stop seeing everything as new

When we look in the mirror, the one thing we don't want to see is an ordinary human being.