When most people see a tree, they don't see a tree at all. They see an idea that they have developed of what a tree is.

Just as there are primary colors from which all of the others come forth when they're combined, so there are primary vibratory qualities of energy and light within us.

A Buddhist is working not just to get paid, but working to advance spiritually. You shouldn't create a syntactical break in your mind between your career and your religious practice.

When the world stops, time stops.

Everybody here is so caught up in the game of life they don't see death. They don't see beyond their deaths. They are on the wheel of birth and death.

The secret teaching was the bodhisattva ideal, to live for others, for the welfare of all beings. That's enlightenment, not some flashy state of luminosity.

If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best way to overcome fear is learn to be proficient in martial arts.