When you look at a couch you don't really see the couch. You see the couch as perceived by a state of mind.
Frederick LenzYou will have to put aside some things in your life, habits, ideas, ways of seeing life. You will have to learn new things, and then new things and then new things - forever.
Frederick LenzYou might say living in a monastery cuts down the commutation time. That alone gives you a couple extra hours a day to meditate. In a monastery you lead a relatively simply life. You don't need a lot of possessions.
Frederick Lenz