As a monk you have a responsibility to meditate many hours a day. Not just to sit there but to think of the ten thousand radiances.

At the end of meditation period we always bow and we touch our head to the floor and say "Buddha's name be praised."

At this point you are so far away from what you really are, it's ridiculous.

It's necessary for you to work out a way of living that's very strong and very tight and very powerful, otherwise you will not be able to deal with the unknown.

Between the creative, open and spontaneous approach to life, and the highly disciplined, pragmatic approach, there's a doorway, if you can find it - and it leads to immortality.

Mysticism is an eclectic mixture of various forms of self-discovery that's primarily experimental.

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