If you act impetuously, it will be uncertain, and you'll know it. It just won't feel right. It is better to wait.

Once we have conceived of time and space, once we have accepted their existence, then that implies that there is a structural order to bonding realities.

Perception is, in essence, who we are. We are what we perceive. What we perceive defines who we are.

When matter stops, self-consciousness stops.

At the same time, I went through college, received a Ph.D. and started to teach. I wrote books.

There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's a lot of risk in the world of enlightenment.

Everyone experiences desire. Desire is not bad. There is no good or bad from the point of view of karma. There is only structured reaction.