If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].

The world is its own magic.

And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To do something new, of course we must know our past, and this is alright. But we should not keep holding onto anything we have done; we should only reflect on it. And we must have some idea of what we should do in the future. But the future is the future, the past is the past; now we should work on something new.

It must be obvious...that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.

Faith is a state of openness or trust...In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to the truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid of any dragon.