Duality is a part of reality, and there is definitely winning and losing. If you don't think so talk to someone who has beaten cancer, talk to somebody who hasn't.

We see the most beautiful creations whither. The beautiful young maiden becomes the old woman and she hates her body because it isn't what it used to be. The young man becomes the old dotard who has trouble remembering.

Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind.

Consciousness, like a complex system of software, has thousands of levels of nested, self-accessing subroutines

The first sexual experience is a significant imprinting of attention.

Sometimes we can't do anything about our social condition, but we can do something about our condition of light.

As a student of enlightenment your attitude should not be to become enlightened. It should be to learn.