Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes to codify.

The Zen master can see precisely what it will take to cause your awareness to become free. But the Zen master can't do it for you.

Maybe if you stopped asking "why" all the time, you might be happy. Leave it alone, you know? Life is happy.

Never make a move until you find yourself making it, because it might be too soon. It's always better to wait. Whenever you're not sure, wait, and in time you'll find yourself doing it. To act before then would be a mistake.

We can think of descriptions almost as computer languages, an operative description that only deals with very simple operations. Its code is sex - Male, female, dark, light, up down, in out - its the language of duality.

Your soul wants experience. It wants the world. You're a human - and your eternal. The two are the same.

Love the fading flowers as much as you love the undifferentiated which lasts forever.