The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.
If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn’t that what silence is? It’s a listening, a deep wordless listening.
A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true and mature relationship with a spiritual teaching requires you to apply it, not simply believe in it.
Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.
Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself.
The willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of things by seeing through the illusory nature of things. We don’t come to nirvana by avoiding samsara. We don’t come to clarity by avoiding confusion.
What you run away from owns you. You are the dog on a leash. The most you can do is to tug against the leash.
What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and instead embraced the whole of your experience in each moment that arose?
Refuse to disconnect from love and every relationship will be totally transformed; even the relationship with yourself.
Stop all delays, all seeking and all striving. Put down your concepts, ideas and beliefs. For one instant be still and directly encounter the silent unknown core of your being. In that instant Freedom will embrace you and reveal the Awakening that you are.
The paradox is that when resistance is fully accepted, the resistance disappears.
Feel this moment, see it with a willingness to experience it deeply, whether it be good, bad, or indifferent. Emotionally and feelingly be fully present, right here, vulnerable, with your heart. Just be present. Don’t live from your conditioned mind, live from unconditional truth.
You will only lose when you resist reality; you will only struggle when you disagree with what is.
This moment in which you experience stillness is every moment. Don’t let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the moment, and dare to consider that you can be free now.
Love causes us to be deeply connected in an unspoken way. It happens when we’re really available, really open.
Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don’t expect it to be easy or even noticed.
A meditative mind is at ease because it’s not trying to acquire anything.
The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are.
You are the doorway to the infinite.
Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought, uncontaminated by control or manipulation of mind.