Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible to get rid of our self-centered desires, we have to do it. Our true nature wants us to.

An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.

When my master and I were walking in the rain, he would say, 'Do not walk so fast, the rain is everywhere.'

We must exist right here, right now!

So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always yourself, without sticking to an old self.

You can't make a date with enlightenment.

If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts, that is true observation of the precepts.