In the state of emptiness, you are the action not the performer of the action. Allow an activity or event to take precedence over your own point of view.

Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.

People on the pathway to enlightenment become very successful in whatever they approach, because they have learned to discipline the mind.

As Buddha points out, you should not rely on the opinions of others for validation of your internal progression.

If the Zen master sees that it will cause a person to progress, he will ask that person to do a task. The task is charged with power if it's performed properly. It's a koan between yourself and the Zen Master.

I think that pain gives us appreciation of joy - it's a package deal. And I definitely think that the joys of life far outweigh the pain.

In Tantric Zen it doesn't matter but it does ... .