Be concerned with the welfare of others without any sense of self-importance that one is better because one meditates or leads a certain type of life.

As long as you are in the relative worlds, you should be realistic and know there is winning and losing here.

Dying is easy; it's living that's difficult.

Intelligent martial arts is not getting in battles and winning them. Intelligent martial arts is avoiding battles because battles use up energy, and you can get hurt no matter who you are.

It's considered very, very bad karma, if I can cut to the chase, to take power from a teacher and not use it for something very positive.

This is just one little lifetime in a succession of lifetimes.

Some come to a teacher for power. They still have all the desires, angers and jealousies of an unevolved person. Consequently, they become destructive both to themselves and to others.