Everyday life surrounds us in a swirling chaos, and it's easy to fall into the grip of our ego's fears and confusion. Remind yourself each day of your intentions and spiritual purpose. Meditate, find your center, look closely at yourself, and don't let go of your intention until it feels centered inside yourself.

The "Bhagavad Gita" is actually a very good text for yoga - the yoga of love, the yoga of action or karma, the yoga of understanding of intellect, and the yoga of reflection and meditation. I think it's a very important map for understanding the nature of consciousness.

The people who do the most extraordinary things in the world are never "realistic." They're passionate. They trust themselves.

My head monk asked how it was walking. I said it hurt without shoes. And he said, 'It hurts on the foot that's down, but the one that's up feels really good - so focus on that one'.

My dad said, 'In school, be a Catholic. At home, be a Hindu.' So we did both.

But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.

People don't die of old age, they die of diseases that accompany old age, and they are preventable.