You must constantly check that you are meditating properly, and not become, what Clint Eastwood refers to as, "a legend in your own mind."

Mantras have an important place in meditation. But the idea has become somewhat prevalent in the West, and in the East to some extent, that the simple repetition of a mantra will eventually cause enlightenment

In Tantric Buddhism our feeling is that there is no problem with the sensual world unless you have a tremendous attraction or aversion to it.

Think of your life as a field. The field is the field of action. What a mystic does is set up their life as a field of power.

The people that hurt you are the ones you love because you are the most open to them.

What we're seeking to do is internalize perception. Perception is very much involved with the senses and the mental processes and the emotional processes.

The time we waste never comes again. The opportunities we miss never come again. The loves we lose never come again. Indeed, in this world of constant change we are fortunate that these things never come again.