Everything we see is an illusion. Even our perceptions of truth are illusory, illusory in the sense they're not complete.

Compassion allows us to accept everything. That's why there's always a tear in the eye of the Buddha that no one sees, for the pain and suffering of others.

The heart chakra is the central chakra.

There is only eternity. That's our real body. The stars are our blanket. Time doesn't even exist, except in our own minds.

Sex can never bring about enlightenment. Only enlightenment brings about enlightenment.

It is more important to repeat a mantra several times with total absorption than to parrot it for hours on end.

If this is the only life, then everything assumes too great an importance. We have to get everything out of life and we overdo it.