The Zen master walks in his garden, alone. There is no traffic there. There is no shopping there. There are only the flowers.

So what you are accomplishing is entrenching yourself more and more in this world.

Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment. Move the ego aside and be still, open, clear, bright and fully conscious.

Power, people are obsessed with it. You can take a nice person and turn them into a slob, into an insane being, craving power, destroying anything that stands in their way.

Forget that you are anybody and just perform the activities around you. Look at them. Watch what you are doing, my God! Life is right in front of you, and it's great.

In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in the mind during meditation.

It's certainly easy to meditate on top of a mountain, but one should be also able to meditate in the heart of the city.