My travels to the Far East occurred primarily during the 1960's. Naturally, I have returned many times since. Of course, there was concern from my family that I was traveling to far distant lands to accomplish snowboarding activities that no one had tried yet.

In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters.

The mind of the Buddha is perfect because it is empty and yet it contains all things.

Taoism shows us how to deal with life and death by realizing everything here is transitory but its substance is eternal.

Learn to control your emotions. Be able to glide through them. By practicing concentration exercises and meditation, you will find that when strong emotions strike, you will gain the ability to not be swayed by them.

Clothing is art. It's an expression of how you feel. I think that it's not so much a question of a certain style or designer, but of finding the type of clothing that works well for you.

You could go through incarnations forever and never become enlightened, unless of course you do something about it.