Zen is the only religion in the world that teaches sudden enlightenment. It says that enlightenment takes no time, it can happen in a single, split second.
Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You can not be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown, give him support.
Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy.
As long as the “I” is there, love cannot be. All that we call love is only desire, longing, passion and attachment; as long as ego is there, all these bind one.
Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you. You are the traveler and you are the destination. In experiencing the ecstasy of your own being, you have achieved the final goal.
Comparison is a very foolish attitude, because each person is unique and incompara ble. Once this understanding settles in you, jealousy disappears. Each is unique and incomparable. You are just yourself: nobody has ever been like you, and nobody will ever be like you. And you need not be like anybody else, either. God creates only originals; he does not believe in carbon copies.
Life is a pilgrimage to nowhere, from nowhere to nowhere. And between these two nowheres is the Now-Here.
To be alone is the only real revolution. To accept that you are alone is the greatest transformation that can happen to you.
Meaning is man-created. And because you constantly look for meaning, you start to feel meaninglessness.
Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.