Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete.

Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever it is supposed to and accept with equanimity, with balance, with poise, whatever happens.

There are no problems, there is only confusion. When confusion passes away, there is only happiness. Happiness is not complicated at all.

The experience of going to the other side to nirvana clarifies and simplifies your view of all things. You see the world with greater clarity, because it is not obscured by illusions.

Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with your spirit, not just with your body.

Channeling is a practice that is very popular right now. It is very dangerous. It is a process in which you are opening yourself up to astral entities and inviting them to come into you. This is silly.

Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.