From my point of view, which is the point of view of no illusions, there is only winning and losing. You might as well be a winner.

If you get in a battle with someone, you don't get their power if you win. Power is something that you have to acquire yourself, through self-inquiry and the practice of meditation.

When your life becomes clear and pure, when your mind is clear and your view of life is unobstructed, then you'll be at peace with yourself. Then you will be happy.

Karma exists within causality. It is three-dimensional. Free will exists outside of causality; it is not bound by karma.

Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it.

Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and indulgent.

Stopping thought also involves shifting your values. Thought is stimulated by ideas that we have about life and the world.