The dance of the flower in the wind, in the sun, in the rain, cannot be understood by the head; the heart has to be open for it.

Trust life. If you trust, only then can you drop your knowledge, only then can you put your mind aside.

God is the collective ego of the world

These are only outer symptoms. Death is the transfer of the soul from one body to another body, or in cases when a man is fully awakened, from one body to the body of the whole universe. It is a great journey, but you cannot know it from the outside. From outside, only symptoms are available; and those symptoms have made people afraid.

Zen is a kind of unlearning. It teaches you how to drop that which you have learned, how to become unskillful again, how to become a child again, how to start existing without mind again, how to be here without any mind.

People love freedom - but nobody wants responsibility. And they come together, they are inseparable.

I teach: when pain is there, use it as awareness, as meditation, as a sharpening of the soul. And when pleasure is there, then use it as a drowning, as a forgetfulness. Both are ways to reach God. One is to remember yourself totally, and one is to forget yourself, totally.