This is still a very primitive age, and I'm afraid they may not get much further here.

I recommend, for many people, the study of computer science. Our natural resource in America is the mind. The mindset in computer science is very similar to the mindset in Zen.

The karma that is most interesting is the mental karma because ultimately it generates physical action.

Some people, of course, say they're practicing tantra. There are a lot of books on tantric sexual practice in local bookstores. These are usually pretty silly books.

Self-realization is liberation. Liberation is self-realization.

Our past affects us, our present affects us, and even our future can affect us. We live in the relative world of time and space.

If the Zen master sees that it will cause a person to progress, he will ask that person to do a task. The task is charged with power if it's performed properly. It's a koan between yourself and the Zen Master.