We cannot say the Buddha is alive or dead. Reality transcends birth, death, production, and destruction.

Listen deeply without using your intellect, and you will find yourself in the Avatamsaka world, touching light, jewels,

Each of us is in both the historical dimension and the ultimate dimension. But we have not yet learned to touch the ultimate dimension. We dwell only in the historical dimension. We need to practice in order to lift ourselves up, to abandon our attachment to the historical dimension, and to see into the true nature of no-birth, no-death, no up, no

The Lotus and Avatamsaka Sutras are two of the finest books of poetry ever written. As far as the poetic imagination is concerned, no one has surpassed the Indian mind. The Indians used their imagination to express the deepest insight.

You cannot achieve enlightenment by locking yourself in your room. Transformation is possible only when you are in touch. When you touch the ground, you can feel the stability of the earth and feel confident.

To begin this practice, look into the nature of impermanence. Then continue and look into the nature of nonself and interbeing. Just by doing that, everything will be revealed to you in its entirety, the one in the many and the many in the one.

You walk and you free yourself of all worries, anxieties, projects, and attachments.

Walking joyfully in the ultimate dimension, walk with your feet, not with your head. If you walk with your head, you’ll get lost.

Look at the flowers, butterflies, trees, and children with the eyes of compassion. This is a deep practice, taught in the Lotus Sutra. The energy of compassion in you will transform life and make it more beautiful. Compassion is always born of understanding, and understanding is the result of looking deeply.