Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass..

I have a family to feed..

We must be open to our mistakes and grow. Growth isn't based on being perfect, but moving toward the best we can be by being honest..

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light..

I'm happy with what I've achieved..

We cannot avoid the globalization of knowledge and information. When I was a boy growing up in Kansas, I could never think about a Buddhist, or a Hin….

You can't even see it. I'm the safest thing you'll ever find.

Not everyone has something to say. This will not stop them from saying it..

What God is doing today is calling people out of the world for His name. Whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world, or the Chris….

I love to be the lead, but you can't always be the lead..

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 ….

Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing….

Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is our innate moral….

I'm not Misbah, Mishah is not me.

At times, Zen does get into some Buddhist Cosmology. Nishijima Roshi, my main teacher would talk about that and almost every time immediately say tha….

Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?.

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us..

No one is you, and that is your power..

I live a pretty anonymous life..

I'm the best Manning..

We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives..