Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because we are in the mood. Life is its own raison d'etre.

The second stage of meditation begins when you can successfully stop thought for long periods of time. At this point you move beyond the awareness of this world.

Life is not a malfunction. It's beautiful. But if you do not see it that way, it's simply because your room needs cleaning.

It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are.

When you draw from the endless awareness of nirvana, you are no longer a slave to fortune. When pleasant experiences come your way, you can enjoy them. But if pain and misfortune befall you, you can rise above them and remain unaffected.

In Buddhism what we seek to do is change ourselves into someone who's beautiful to be.

While this is good and it stores up knowledge and power, at the same time there's a problem with it because it means that a person becomes more fixed.