To become wise, meditate on the third eye, between the eyebrows and a little bit above. Focus on that spot, the Agni chakra.

We could take all the pleasures that have ever been and will ever be in all the universes and add them up into one experience. If you were absorbed in nirvana, it wouldn't be noticed.

Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges.

I am here at Lake Tahoe and there is magic at 6,000 feet.

A good teacher will show you the ropes in the world of power. They will give you the wisdom that is necessary to be able to use power. You just don't give a kid a new Ferrari. You teach him how to drive it.

Self-realization is not the awareness that this world is a dream, that's a part of self-realization.

The Buddha gave his first talks, and three or four ascetics became his first disciples. They recognized his enlightenment.