People often talk about trying to hold back their tears, but as human beings, we should take pride in our capacity to be sad and

We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of

From the genuine spiritual point of view, as opposed to an idealized viewpoint, society is an extremely potent arena, full of vibrant qualities of energy.

Do you think spirituality is something purely transcendental? It’s questionable. Real spirituality might have something to do with ordinary life. If spirituality does have something

When you begin to see your own karmic situation, including your aggression and other emotions, what you are seeing is what the Buddha calls the

If anybody asks if Buddhists believe in reincarnation, you should say, “As Buddhists we don’t believe in any dogma. We believe what we experience.” That’s

Sometimes in meditation there is a gap in normal consciousness, a sudden complete openness. This only arises when one has ceased to think in terms

Free oneself from memories of, and conceptions about, meditation. Each moment of meditation is completely unique and full of the potentiality of new discovery, so

In meditation see through the illusion of past, present and future. The past is but a present memory or condition, the future a present projection,

Meditation is always perfect, so there is no need to correct anything. Since everything that arises is simply the play of the mind, there are