In this lifetime you can lose everything. Everything passes here.

The Buddhist message is a message not of the negation of life, but one of affirmation.

Water is the symbol of pure consciousness.

Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.

I don't think you see your minds. I think you see your thoughts; you see your desires; you see your relatives, friends, lovers, enemies. I don't think you see your mind. You think of the mind as the clutter.

My teacher knew that I always had a girlfriend. For some reason, he never said anything to me about it.

From my point of view, which is the point of view of no illusions, there is only winning and losing. You might as well be a winner.