Free yourself from happiness and unhappiness. Realize there is something beyond both and yet, revel in your time, revel in this world.

Nirvana is a state of perpetual bliss and ecstasy, unaffected by the transient ups and downs of its own creations.

Your life is either getting brighter from moment to moment or it's not. If it's not getting brighter, it's because there's no risk. There's no risk in thinking instead of stopping your thought. There's a lot of risk in stopping your thought.

We seek absolute neutrality in Buddhism. We don't want to be drawn into anything in particular. We don't want to be pushed away from anything in particular.

When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna.

Your states of mind do not occur randomly. They occur because of vibratory and karmic patterns.

It is as important to monitor your mind constantly as it is to sit down and practice meditation.