I know a lot of wealthy people in West Los Angeles. Money doesn't necessarily make you happy.

The Buddha taught three cycles of teachings. His first cycle of teachings cover the basics, the prerequisites. This would include the Dharmapada.

To be afraid of our next life because we don't feel we've done a good job with this life is not wise. It creates unhappiness now.

The strategy of winning is gaining personal power. There are no techniques to learn that will cause you to win. You need power, balance and wisdom to win and to learn from your loses.

Krishna says, fight. He says, go out on the battlefield and kill those people whom it's your job to kill; and whether they were your friends or not, you have to look at the big picture. In the big picture, you can't go kill anybody, you can't be killed.

In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers.

God does everything perfectly. The world doesn't really need saving; it's exactly the way God wants it to be at the moment.