Examine everything that you've been taught, not simply what you've been taught in school, but the images that have been held up to you since the time of your birth.

There is no life and there is no death. Life and death are moving shadows cast upon the ground by clouds that sweep across the sky.

In most cases, energy is lost in little games of manipulation, in little struggles of will, in the attempts to possess others, to wrap them up, to delude them, to shine them on.

It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life and make it into something beautiful in the midst of changing circumstances.

There are different pathways that lead to enlightenment. We could say that everyone's life is one of the pathways. Your life is a pathway that leads to enlightenment.

Focus on the center of the chest, relax. Imagine a rose there. Feel it unfolding. Let yourself go and ignore your thoughts.

Anybody or anything can become enlightened because enlightenment is the very nature of existence itself.