By disciplining and training the mind to focus on one thing, we gain control of perception; we learn to grab it and put it someplace we want it to be.

Reason is a terrible trap because you will be satisfied with answers. And if you are satisfied with answers, you'll never come to know what life really is.

If we don't get violent with ourselves, castigate ourselves, ostracize ourselves and excommunicate ourselves because we didn't live up to the standards we set down for ourselves, then maybe we don't have to do that with other people.

Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.

I am a teacher because teaching allows me to observe the universe at work, that moment when wakefulness suddenly occurs.

Don't try to be someone. Be yourself. This is what mediation should teach you.

Don't worry about techniques. Don't worry about chakras. Instead, concern yourself with finding the dharma and meditate. Then the kundalini will release.