In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.

While the comforts of modern civilization and technological success or economic success seem at the moment quite fulfilling, I can assure you that all of these things are transitory and will fall away.

The throat chakra is the center that is aesthetic. It gives an appreciation of beauty.

The way you dress is extremely important. It demonstrates your spirit. It's the guise through which the world evaluates and views you.

The description of the world that most people have is very limited. They are in the fog. Once in a while a genuine insight comes through.

All the lives we ever lead are only dreams, these walking moments, that look so solid to you when you consider yourself awake, are just dreams.

True wisdom is to see and understand your relationship with the universe. When you gain that relational knowledge, then you are wise.