Learn to be happy in any and all circumstances, whether you're experiencing pleasure or pain, whether there's loss or gain, whether the world loves you or hates you. Learn to be happy.

Sexuality, for the person who practices tantra, is a marvelous way to experience illusion. Illusion is just another way of seeing things. There are no illusions because there is no self.

It's just not working. One nation trying to destroy another, one race trying to destroy another, one religion trying to destroy another - It's the same old story over and over again.

Every time you find yourself becoming angry, jealous or frustrated, stop and think the opposite thought.

The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at a time.

I was initiated as a Buddhist monk at the age of 19, but I think that initiation is simply a starting point.

What gets frustrating for some people is the fact that you might get very high, but you find yourself pulled down again. There are forces of illusion or maya that cause us to make mistakes.