It's considered very, very bad karma, if I can cut to the chase, to take power from a teacher and not use it for something very positive.

Zen is Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana is tantric Buddhism - these are various forms of it. Tantric Buddhism simply means cutting to the chase.

In meditation all the fake dull thoughts that you think, all the ridiculous philosophies, the necessities, all the things that won't matter a bit when you are dead - fade away.

The Chinese used the symbol of tai chi, the undifferentiated reality - no separation, no left and right.

Winning is based to a certain extent upon personal power. If you have enough personal power you tend to win. If you don't, you tend to lose.

You have probably had past lives where you were in better stages of mind than you are in now.

The spectrum that most people exist in this world is very mundane and very unhappy. Certainly human beings are capable of experiencing great joy and happiness.