At the time of death, whatever you have focused on the most will determine your next life.

Diet is highly individual. You have to see what your body wants and what is healthy for it.

The tonal is also endless and limitless. We like to think of it as being finite so we feel better.

I used to live in Seattle, as did Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee. I lived near the arboretum. Very often I would take walks late at night by Lake Washington, because I found it very easy to meditate there.

Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.

If I ever write an autobiography about teaching meditation in the West, I'll call it "Pissing In the Wind - Teaching Buddhism in America".

The most powerful force to maintaining a good immune system is the power of positive thinking and not allowing yourself to be unnecessarily drained emotionally by worries and fears.