There are thousands of worlds, thousands of dimensional planes, billions. Life is endless. It goes on forever.

Buddhism is simply a methodology, a way of becoming one with the part of ourselves that is happy.

There is competition in Zen. Let's not be ridiculous. There is competition in everything in life; being a winner in Zen means, competing and winning in the world of enlightenment.

The integrity of the subtle body is totally important. As the subtle body wears, we get sick. That is why, eventually, the body dies - it's because something happens to the subtle body.

I don't believe in anything, yet I believe emphatically in almost everything. It all depends on what seems appropriate at the time.

My teaching - of what is perceived to be a complex and foreign sounding religious philosophy - has become the target for people's prejudice and religious intolerance.

Love is the only antidote for the insanity of this world. And the funny thing about love is that when someone loves you, it doesn't necessarily make you feel better; but when you love someone else, it does.