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.

Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates.

In the advanced practice, the relationship between the Zen master and the student becomes very terse. The Zen master will expect things of the student because the student is in graduate school.

There is a popular conception about karma, and that is that as you sow, so shall you reap. That's only true if you're a farmer.

I offer you the possibilities of immortality, a pathway that leads beyond the known and the unknown, few follow it.

The life that we see on our small planet is not necessarily a great reflection of the entire universe. The people are beautiful, but they tend to destroy one another. That's not an operative principle in all dimensions.

Reincarnation doesn't simply mean that at the end of this life you will move on to another life in another body, it means that the spirit of life is continually renewing itself and moving to a higher level.