Most people abuse power. They use power to dominate others. They use power to destroy others. Ultimately when you do this, you lose it.

I had a father who was strong and kind and loving beyond ... at the same time who was extremely puritanical, who had been raised in a religion with extensive morality.

I had been pretty well made a prisoner by school, by society. I had been given this description of the world that I couldn't accept.

In Buddhist Yoga, we refer to our mutlilife karmic traits as samskaras. They are the internal karmic patterns that make each of us who we are.

To go beyond karma you have to end the structure of self.

I can understand pathways to enlightenment where people shun certain aspects of the sensual world because they feel that these aspects are very powerful; they're not in a position to control their appetites.

I would define the proper use of power as something that creates happiness for yourself and others.