There is a way to open up the chakras, there is a mystical way. But if you do that, you'll get yourself into very hot water, and it's ultimately slower.

We need a new imprinting. We need the imprinting of enlightenment, of freedom. That comes through our association with a higher being. So classically what occurs is that one meets a teacher.

Sometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy.

What is evil? There is no such thing. In Buddhism we don't recognize evil and therefore we don't give it any power over us.

Close the eyes, and focus on the third eye, the heart chakra, or the navel center. It is a good idea to alternate them.

The first stage of meditation is simply to ignore thought; to become conscious that there is something beyond thought.

When you die you pass into inner worlds and continue to perceive. Death is not the dissolution of the self. Death is rather just a change in perception.