That is the essence and mission of 'rebel buddha': to free us from the illusions we create by ourselves, about ourselves, and from those that masquerade as reality in our cultural and religious institutions.

To discover your real questions, simply take a time-out. Stop looking ahead of yourself at where you’re going or backward at where you’ve been. When you do stop, there’s a sense of going nowhere. There’s a sense of gap, which is a tremendous relief. You can simply breathe and be who you are.

Two aspects to the relative world: relaxation and time management.

In the end, we have nothing to lose by opening our hearts.

There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature.

True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.

In each meditation session, we gather knowledge about the mind through observation, questioning, and testing. We do this over and over, until we gradually develop a meaningful understanding of our own mind.