Career success means making enough money to lead the kind of life you would like to lead as a practicing Buddhist.

When the world stops, time stops.

I recommend computer science to people who practice meditation. The mental structures that are used in computer science are very similar exercises done in Buddhist monasteries.

The perceiver of the dream, the one whom the dream is unfolding before, is what we call the Self.

The emptiness of play is when there is no self present. There is no one playing - there is only play itself taking place, perfect fluid motion.

The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to that source, to your spiritual teacher or to a particular god or goddess.

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.