You might say living in a monastery cuts down the commutation time. That alone gives you a couple extra hours a day to meditate. In a monastery you lead a relatively simply life. You don't need a lot of possessions.

It is always easier to capture eternity in the falling snow or along the coast where the waves crash and in solitary and lonely places. It is the quiet places where it is easiest to feel eternity.

There is a still center of the universe. Within that still center are all things, all achievements, all loses, everything and nothing exist there.

Each of your excursions is balanced by the strengthening of the tonal.

I recommend, for many people, the study of computer science. Our natural resource in America is the mind. The mindset in computer science is very similar to the mindset in Zen.

If one thinks of an enlightened person in a negative way, as it hits their aura, it returns very strongly.

When you meditate your body shouldn't move. Some people get into this kundalini sway business. Your body shouldn't move.