The spirit of the West, of America, is different than the East. The cultural conditioning is very different. It seems to be harder for people to work in teams, more difficult for people here to live in harmony, in a monastery.

I am a liberated teacher. A person who meditates with me, even though they may be thousands of miles away, will draw that light into them.

We are cognizant of time, the sense that there is mutability. Time is change. It's the separation of eternity from itself. When eternity is separated from itself, we see it appear in different forms. Time is not a movement in space. Space is a movement in time.

Don't fight with your thoughts or try to suppress them with your will. This will only frustrate you and bind you to your thoughts even more strongly.

With the happiness, ecstasy and power you gain from meditation, you can gradually remove your mind from the things it has become hooked to that cause it pain.

Self-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment.

Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more control than you now have.