I was initiated as a Buddhist monk at the age of 19, but I think that initiation is simply a starting point.

Advanced practice is the entrance into the ten thousand states of mind. Most people exist in five or six of these states in their whole lifetime.

Honesty, I went through terrible, terrible times where I just took myself over the coals. I thought I must be the most impure person in the world ... but because that is reverse egotism, I thought I must be the second most impure person in the world.

The kundalini flows upward. It also flows downward in different ways. It is quite complex, actually.

It is not simply a transient happiness that you experience in meditation that creates balance; it is a transformative light. Inner light is the most powerful thing there is.

Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more control than you now have.

During the late afternoon and early evening there is a specific dimension that interconnects with our physical world. This particular dimension can be visualized as series of horizontally shaped geometric planes that extent out into infinity.