Most people don't why they are born or why they die. They have no understanding of the forces in life that pull them and push them to their death and another rebirth in this or another world.

Nothing is distinct and separate.

I think one can advance faster outside a monastery if you use the experiences of daily life to advance yourself.

Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect.

You are not a singular self. You are a corporation. Inside you is eternity. A human being is not so simple.

If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring.

If you have humility, you are willing to undertake anything to spread the dharma.