We need to preserve these sacred locations for ourselves, for the species of plants and animals that coexist in harmony there, and for the future generations of humankind that will need to be refreshed, renewed and healed by them.

Hell is everything. Heaven is nothing.

Have the right attitude in advanced practice. Feel that you are always a beginner in Zen. They refer to it as "beginners mind". I feel I am a beginner, always; because it's true.

There's a sense of productivity which cripples us terribly. We either have to be doing something worthwile or not. We are back to our little binary male-female code.

At a very early age I was attracted to light, as most children are.

Happiness is only gained when your mind is in extended states of attention, when your mind is merging with the infinite.

In order to create heat, you have to have something to burn. So what we do in yoga is, we burn ourselves up to create light.