My problem with L. A. was that I could see the air I was breathing, I don't particularly like crowds, and I was much better at snowboarding than I was at surfing.

The third stage is no thought. No thought is not the end of meditation. It is the beginning of higher meditation.

Physical perfection, working out, adds to your spiritual perfection if that is your intent.

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.

Something in you wants to go beyond, wants to be free from this endless round of perception. Enlightenment is that.

If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are.

Some tried to kill him; there were assassination attempts. Some hated him ... this is par for the course.