Some people just chase the glittery stuff and they have no substance to their life whatsoever. Actually all they really want is power. But they pretend they're interested in enlightenment.

I have graduate students who have developed this ability to love and want to perfect it. Those are the students I spend a lot of time with because at this time they need that.

There are some careers that will develop your mind more than others. In the study of enlightenment, it is most important to develop your mind and your body.

At an early age I found the world a very natural place to be. I was always in a meditative consciousness as a child, which children are.

I used to live in Seattle, as did Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee. I lived near the arboretum. Very often I would take walks late at night by Lake Washington, because I found it very easy to meditate there.

This is only a small part of the totality. From this island earth we see only a fragment of creation and its knowledge.

Zazen's music is composed in other dimensions and it is played by some of my students. I go through the music they have played with my aura and wash out anything impure.