In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers.

Go directly to Nirvana. Don't pass go - or you'll have kids, you'll grow old together, you'll be born into another realm where you'll forget that there was even nirvana.

Death is not the end of who we are. It is only a brief pause in the endless cycle of our lives. Each of us is a spirit that cannot die.

There are places where it is easy to see, places of illumination, where one moves into illumined states of attention.

Yantras are specific designs that have a great deal of power in them, as do mantras, which are words of power. Yantras are designs of power that tap into other levels of attention. They remind us of things in other worlds.

When you realize your own emptiness, that will be something, won't it?

Tantric Zen is a state of mind