BEATING THE POISONED DRUM

A bodhisattva is an arhat who consents to being hunted for sport.

Koans are forced questions about absolute freedom.

You are powerful because you are relaxed; you are relaxed because you are powerful.

Enlightenment is what disappears the minute one is alone.

There is Western Buddhism but there is no Western Mahayana yet.

Resolving the shamata/vipassana question: Either use peace to find insight, then use insight to find peace — or the other way around.

Does it feel like a performance or a dance?

Awakening is a stone so light even God cannot lift it.

Pith instructions for complete awakening: Know how to look for what to look for.

Ego is the process of gaslighting the world into seeing us as an individual.