To see them succeed, to see them improve, that is what matters.

In Buddhism what we seek to do is change ourselves into someone who's beautiful to be.

Free will exists within each of us. Most people choose not to use their free will, so consequently they rarely alter their karmic patterns.

The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open. They are very restrictive. We live in an age that is not enlightened.

My travels to the Far East occurred primarily during the 1960's. Naturally, I have returned many times since. Of course, there was concern from my family that I was traveling to far distant lands to accomplish snowboarding activities that no one had tried yet.

A person without much power is easily influenced by others, whether they are physical or non-physical beings. Their life is easily ruined. They are blown around like a leaf in the wind.

There is a wonderful continuity of being, the continuous awareness of self, a sense of yourself continuing in time and space.