Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it.

Think about the flowers. Life is just a bunch of pretty pictures. All this is supposed to do is force you beyond the mind, when you realize that you can't figure it out.

If you stay in the attention you are in, then you can predict everything that will happen to you for the rest of your life.

Buddhism doesn't come from anybody. It exists by itself.

If there wasn't a way around the samskaras, no one would ever become enlightened.

We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach ourselves from thought and become aware that there are things beyond thought.

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