I have been sought out by a number of people who would have felt uncomfortable coming to a large public meditation. They don't want people to come up and ask for autographs.

If you were just you, you would be happy. But of course, you don't know who or what you are. So how can you possibly be happy? That is why you have got to study Zen...or something.

I have found that meditation has helped me with my academic career and has given me insights into musical composition and software design.

I really didn't want to be a part of the world because I found that the world was filled with unkindness. People didn't love each other.

How do you deal with meditating when you stop breathing? The trick is to meditate just a little higher and you won't even know that you're not breathing.

Matter is fun for a while; but ultimately, it is the spiritual experience where we leap beyond what we know- that is the happiness.

As we hate ourselves less, we tend to hate other people less too.