Perception not only defines existence but it creates existence. It gives it form. Without perception there is no existence.

When one side or the other predominates, there's an imbalance and there's unhappiness.

Life isn't complicated. The reason it appears complicated to you is because you are in a very distorted state of mind. That's the basic premise of Buddhism - that you're in a very distorted state of mind.

To perfect your nature means to let go of this world and place your attention fully in the plane of enlightenment.

Happiness has to do with how quickly you vibrate. Meditation is a process of speeding up the vibration.

Most people are fragile. They're fragile in the sense that they're afraid of the unknown, so they cling to each other. They cling to families, traditions, ways of seeing life that protect them from the immensity of the unknown

The outer form of Buddhism, of practice, is etiquette - a series of ways to live intelligently that keep you alive, awake and happy, wakeful.