Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere.

You may say that things happen just by chance, but I don't feel that way.

If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Someone was sitting in front of a sunflower, watching the sunflower, a cup of sun, and so I tried it too. It was wonderful; I felt the whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower.

Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is masked from us by our assumption that there is a separation, that there is a problem.