Even though it's not perceivable to the mind or senses, it's there and enlightenment is absolute freedom.

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.

If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are.

The second stage of meditation begins when you can successfully stop thought for long periods of time. At this point you move beyond the awareness of this world.

I am humility, nothing more and nothing less. I am one blade of grass in a sea of grass. I am one wave in an endless ocean of waves. I am one glowing star in a galaxy of stars.

The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear and pain and their absolute lack of fear of death.

Focusing on an enlightened teacher is a doorway. It is not a person. We are focusing on the light that passes through them. We are moving through them into the planes of light and eventually to nirvana.