There is no life and there is no death. Life and death are moving shadows cast upon the ground by clouds that sweep across the sky.

I explored alternate states of consciousness at one period of my life through psychedelics, as was the fashion with all my friends.

An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is just to be perfectly enlightened.

The karma that is most interesting is the mental karma because ultimately it generates physical action.

There is a wonderful continuity of being, the continuous awareness of self, a sense of yourself continuing in time and space.

There are so many traps. There are so many opportunities. Life is a river and we take our boat and we go down it.

All the billions of people who now inhabit our planet are putting a terrific strain on its aura, making it difficult, even for evolved people to become aware of their past-life knowledge and talents.