I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt earlier with the empty rituals and institutionalized values of all religious traditions.

Meditation is simply getting to know your mind.

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.

It is all up to us. We are the ones who have to keep looking at our thoughts, looking for the nature of our mind. there is nobody else in control of our lives, our experiences, our freedom or our bondage.

You fall in love with your heart; you fall out of love with your head.

The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.

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