When you live a life devoid of ritual and convention, with honesty and self-effacement, then you are on the road to freedom.

Part of what we seek in Buddhism is the sense of quiet observation. We don't get so involved in a state of mind that we forget that it's just another transient state of mind, no matter how much ecstasy or agony is involved.

The possibilities for immortality are endless. Here you sit reading these words, a butterfly resting on a flower!

The balance and patience factors are much more critical in surfing than they are in snowboarding ... if you're out surfing serious waves and you wipe out, you don't land on soft snow. It's usually either very sharp coral, or you get raked across the beach gravel and sand while you're tumbling underwater.

The best battle is the battle that is never fought. The best war is the war that is won without a battle.

You are not anyone or anything in particular. You are awareness itself. You don't have a particular form. You contain everything or you are contained by all things.

There is a definite way to do this. There is a training program that you will go through and it's delightful. It's absolutely beautiful.