Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than any of your teachers ever were.

I was very dawn to people I loved, to my family, to my father, to my sister, to my brothers.

The shushumna is a tube. It is an astral tube, like a reed. It runs from the base of the spine to between the eyebrows and a little bit above.

If you think of others in a jealous way or if you become angry, immediately pause for a moment. It's going to pull you down and send negative energy. At that moment, pause and correct yourself.

This light unglues the formation and structure of the being for a certain period of time. It will reassemble automatically.

Everything that we do involves energy, personal power. The more energy we have, the more we can accomplish.

Consistency is nice, I think, personally. I like to be consistently happy. I like to be consistently more aware and more conscious of the truth.