Today’s enlightenment is tomorrows mistake

- Shinzen Young

As long as something wants to arise, let it. As long as something wants to last, let it. As soon as something wants to pass, let it.

- Shinzen Young

Compassion is to share the pain without sharing the suffering.

- Shinzen Young

The ultimate expression of meditation comes when we can feel all the pains of the world, experience them with mindfulness and equanimity so they diss…

- Shinzen Young

Ultimately, meditation can allow us to have happiness independent of conditions and that is one heck of an awesome claim

- Shinzen Young

I think the problems of the world aren't caused by people coming together and saying «let's make problems». They're caused by people coming together …

- Shinzen Young

If you can't be disciplined, be clever.

- Shinzen Young

Suffering = Pain x Resistance

- Shinzen Young