To occupy yourself with tasks that are useful to yourself and others, you can get your mind off your problems.

I have found that meditation has helped me with my academic career and has given me insights into musical composition and software design.

As we grow older and mature in each incarnation, we are drawn back to samskaras, to previous interests and pursuits.

In the beginning what is necessary is to feel that there is something worthwhile to be attained otherwise we won't do it.

The aura of billions of people coats all experiences like a thick cloud of smog. Just to live on the earth is to live in that smog.

Ashrams often become places where there is a hierarchy and a pecking order and not much enlightenment. That is what some people are drawn to. But that has nothing to do with enlightenment.

It takes a number of years to learn to hold the mind perfectly in one place. But each day we do it a little better, and in the doing we're releasing energy that is taking our mind in higher diffuse planes of attention.