Naturally, things are more complicated - those groovy, pro-social effects of oxytocin apply to how we interact with in-group members.
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .
The last trumpet ever to be sounded shall blow even algebra to wreck.
The harder you work and the more you sear and bleed for a win, the sweeter that victory tastes.
We would like only, for once, to get to where we are already.
If you're going to write a memoir, try to be as honest and open as you can.