There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented.

When you sit and meditate and begin to experience expanded states of mind, you will be afraid. The light makes most people very, very afraid. The only way to overcome the fear is walking down into the light.

Rise above the limited conditions of pleasure and pain, success and failure, happiness and sorrow, that all the countless unenlightened beings in creation are slaves to.

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

Enlightenment is cumulative. You become a little more enlightened each day as you practice yoga and Buddhism.

Happiness is something that comes from creating good karma. The monk who feels that what they are doing is unpleasant is not really creating any good karma and will not have a better lifetime.

Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment.