It's certainly easy to meditate on top of a mountain, but one should be also able to meditate in the heart of the city.

For most people this is not a conscious process, it's an inner pull that takes place, that simply draws them there.

Examine everything that you've been taught, not simply what you've been taught in school, but the images that have been held up to you since the time of your birth.

There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's a lot of risk in the world of enlightenment.

We pass through hundreds, thousands, perhaps millions of existences. In each lifetime, we're exploring another part of our own self, which is eternity.

Power is something that is not really visible. Some people have the power to rise above circumstance. Sociological factors and DNA are not all that determine success. It is power.

In tantra, samsara is viewed as the same thing as nirvana. Eating a hamburger is meditation.