I'm not sure that Eastern culture does either, but I've never lived in India etc so I couldn't tell you. I can say we definitely don't. So people wil….

I guess what attracted me about the philosophy aspect was that it was realistic. It didn't go off into the realm of imagination land, which I find a ….

So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now defini….

They really make sex into such a horrible thing and how terrible anything related to sex is, but isn't that why we're all here? We wouldn't be here a….

Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the body and that the body must be denied so t….

I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people would immediately know who you were ta….

The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself..

There are many diamonds in the world and if you lose your favorite, you can work hard, earn a lot of money and get another one to replace it. But the….

If you want to believe in reincarnation, you have to believe that this life, what you're living through right now, is the afterlife. You're missing o….

Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough..

Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality..

Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do..

The truth comes when you can see that your self-image is just a convenient reference point and nothing more, and that you as you had imagined yoursel….

Morality is a personal matter..

But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the game and think it's impo….

So I'm skeptical and cynical about the whole thing and it's only if something seems to be genuine that I would pursue it. That's why I've stuck with ….

Everything you have, whether it's money or stuff, is an obligation. It is as much your duty to care for and nurture any object you own as it would be….

the only real time as far as Buddhism is concerned is right now. Right now there is no old age or death because old age and death are descriptions of….

You can't live in paradise—but you are living right here. Make this your paradise or make this your hell. The choice is entirely yours. Really..

Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break the person ….

The trick to not thinking is not adding energy to the equation in an effort to forcibly stop thinking from happening. It’s more a matter of subtracti….