Perception is a wave. You change as your perception of something changes because you define yourself as a reflection of whatever you happen to perceive.

We see the most beautiful creations whither. The beautiful young maiden becomes the old woman and she hates her body because it isn't what it used to be. The young man becomes the old dotard who has trouble remembering.

The aura of billions of people coats all experiences like a thick cloud of smog. Just to live on the earth is to live in that smog.

All of the exoteric teachings are only designed to give you the type of life that will allow you to practice the esoteric teachings.

Buddhism suggests there are no elect. Everything rests upon your own self-effort, which is the good news because that means you don't have to wait around for some nebulous God to help you.

The first sexual experience is a significant imprinting of attention.

Salvakalpa samadhi is like a sea of perfect light; nirvikalpa samadhi is no light, no darkness, no way to describe it. Absorption is complete, that's nirvana.