Good karma leads to rebirth also. The desire for higher states of mind is a desire. When you are fixated on higher states of mind, you don't become enlightened.

Happiness comes from living in the moment, this moment, now, right here. If you are in obscure states of mind, you won't see what this moment is. You won't realize its beauty.

If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you.

Many people spend their life always worrying about whether they have enough to cover expenses. They experience unhappiness.

The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.

Power is something that is not really visible. Some people have the power to rise above circumstance. Sociological factors and DNA are not all that determine success. It is power.

The comedies, the tragedies we see played out on this earth before us, don't last. But we are eternal spirits. These events will come and go, but the planes of light and nirvana will always be there.