I did well in school. I had lots of honors, so I thought I was quite smart.

Beyond mind, beyond time, beyond space there is immortal awareness.

There are all these people running all over the planet who don't see what life is for, what their own lives are about, because they don't see psychically. Therefore, they miss most of the beauty of life.

Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete.

I used to live in Buddhist monasteries and I finally had to leave them because they were just too cluttered for me. They were cluttered up with many thoughts about Buddhism.

A part of us resists all of this and wants to make it sound as if it's much too religious, an arbitrary thing that we have to do with our life. This is nonsense. This is the real fun.

The more completely you concentrate, the stronger your mind becomes.