Occasionally, in each age and in different lands, a Buddha is born, that is to say, an enlightened person...they re-codify the ways, the practices, they make changes that are just intelligent changes that adapt to a new century, a new culture.

If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies, the difficulty with it is that you will not be moving towards enlightenment.

Selfless-giving burns away the layers of the onion. Purity and humility keep meditation and selfless-giving clear. Love radiates through the entire practice because we do all of it only for love.

Meditating everyday is essential. If you meditate every day and learn to control and stop your thoughts, you will become psychic.

Avoidance of experiences is a fixation and it binds you to the world, it binds you to the personal self.

Outside of nirvana, the planes begin, the subtlest planes of light that vibrate fastest, all the way on down through the astral realms through the physical and so on.

Close the eyes, and focus on the third eye, the heart chakra, or the navel center. It is a good idea to alternate them.