Your karma is the sum total of your awareness field. Your awareness field is comprised of all the experiences that you've had in this life and all other lives.

The outer form of Buddhism, of practice, is etiquette - a series of ways to live intelligently that keep you alive, awake and happy, wakeful.

It is is easy to smile. It is an act of self-giving. When you smile you are at your best and you give that best to others.

Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates.

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.

Focus on the center of the chest, relax. Imagine a rose there. Feel it unfolding. Let yourself go and ignore your thoughts.

There is a way to reach enlightenment and get beyond suffering.