Zen, like life, defies exact definition, but its essence is the experience, moment by moment, of our own existence -- a natural, spontaneous encounte…

- David Fontana

The mind is still there even when thoughts are not.

- David Fontana

In their pure form, the martial arts demand the intense awareness of the meditative mind, and have nothing to do with anger or wanton aggression. A p…

- David Fontana

Consider your own place in the universal oneness of which we are all a part, from which we all arise, and to which we all return.

- David Fontana

We live in a supermarket of ideas, faiths, practices, theories, ideologies, and much else besides. Never in human history have there been so many mov…

- David Fontana

Pilgrimages of mind or walking meditation - bringing moments of illumination in which the sense of relationship to the rest of existence suddenly sta…

- David Fontana

Even the most mundane objects are things of wonder, if we stop to look at them, and the fact that we are alive is the biggest wonder of all.

- David Fontana

All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.

- David Fontana