Eventually you will go into samadhi. Samadhi is a very advanced meditation. You dissolve into the clear light of eternity again and again.

Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood. It's gross ignorance and egotism.

I found the experiences that I had with sexuality were wonderful, they were very uplifting - we had a good time - and they didn't seem to affect the level of my mediation.

Some tried to kill him; there were assassination attempts. Some hated him ... this is par for the course.

There are no words, there's only the possibility of a moment even more incredible a little bit further down the road.

My teacher knew that I always had a girlfriend. For some reason, he never said anything to me about it.

What is perfect? From the Zen mind, perfection is not being there.