Never settle for that which is easy and comfortable or the necessity of seeking that which is difficult and uncomfortable.

The causal structure determines the rate and method of evolution, your awareness of the universe.

All the sutras in the world are useless. All the lectures of all the teachers don't really mean anything. They are only words. They point in a direction, that is their only use.

I used to live in Buddhist monasteries and I finally had to leave them because they were just too cluttered for me. They were cluttered up with many thoughts about Buddhism.

You are a part of everything. You are like the guys in the bar and that gal on the corner with the red dress. We are a little bit of everyone. Let's not get too fancy here.

At an early age I found the world a very natural place to be. I was always in a meditative consciousness as a child, which children are.

Past life knowledge is not the wedding album of existence. Past life remembrance in Buddhism is the ability to bring a greater awareness we had in another life into this life.