The power chakra is the navel center. The center of balance is the heart chakra; it's the center of our being. The third eye is the center of wisdom, the Agni chakra.

Tantric Buddhism is just a collection of things that work by doing them. And sometimes we add new things. We have electronic music; we did not have it in Tibet.

I was initiated as a Buddhist monk at the age of 19, but I think that initiation is simply a starting point.

It is silly to drain others; for when you drain others, you also pick up their vibratory force.

You can take the kundalini from the crown center and bring it down. You can bring it up or you can stabilize them both. When you stop breathing in meditation, the kundalini is stabilized.

The spirit of the West, of America, is different than the East. The cultural conditioning is very different. It seems to be harder for people to work in teams, more difficult for people here to live in harmony, in a monastery.

Without money, you are powerless in this world. You are totally subject to whatever happens. To be without money in the physical world is to be powerless.