Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes to codify.

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.

There are lots of people who work out and aren't at all powerful in terms of their mind or their spirits.

I don't put much stock in powers that people have to hurt others, in sorcery and all this nonsense. There are murders and there are dictators. That is just a part of life. The intelligent use of power in yoga can assist you avoiding that side of humanity.

Angry people, unhappy people, people that seek to injure others, these people all have something in common. They waste energy. They don't conserve it and they don't know how to increase it.

Our spirit grows and develops traits in each incarnation that it passes through, and then collects and carries the essence of those traits into future lifetimes. In Buddhist Yoga we refer to our multi-life karmic traits as samskaras.

I see people driving cars, winding down the streets. I don't know where these people think they're going. They're going to the funeral home; that's about it.