"First she must have been going to Bangkok, but because I denied those places. Now do you want me to name all the places of the world? But you won't drop shopping.

"The question is not Bangkok or Singapore or Hong Kong; the question is that your mind is continuously.... She is sitting here and thinking of LA And it is not only her situation. This is the situation with almost everybody; everybody is going toward LA – different LA's.

"Nobody is absolutely here, because the moment you are absolutely here, you disappear and the buddha appears in your place. You will find yourself dispersing like a cloud; and a new image, a new golden image of pure consciousness will start arising in you, just like a mountain peak. Each silent moment is the only moment when you live.

"In a seventy-year life span, if you can live only seven minutes as a buddha, that is enough. But unfortunately, even in seventy years you cannot manage seven minutes. The mind goes on and on like a stuck record, repeating the same thing. The mind can never be original, it only knows how to repeat. Have you seen a buffalo chewing? That's exactly what the mind goes on doing. But all chewing is nothing but chewing gum; it is a stupid act. Even the bamboos are laughing. They know that although everyone thinks he is silent, underneath everybody is sitting on a volcano.

"This anecdote can become a transforming force in your life. These few minutes here can create a new man out of you. Just a small thing has to be done: say to the mind, 'shut up!' and be strong enough not to be involved or identified with the thinking process. It has become our habit. We have almost forgotten that we were born without any thinking. All thoughts are nothing but dust that has gathered upon us during the time we have been growing up, and this dust is preventing you from seeing yourself.

"These anecdotes are small but very emphatic ways to remove the dust – make the mirror clean – so that you can see your original face; the face that existence has given to you, not the face and the personality which the society has imposed upon you."