In tantra, samsara is viewed as the same thing as nirvana. Eating a hamburger is meditation.

It is better to agree with a "wrong" idea than to press a "right" idea on other people.

As we hate ourselves less, we tend to hate other people less too.

When I talk about subtle bodies, causal bodies and things like that, it is a good idea not to take it all completely literally. It cannot be put into words.

Thought control is the ability to direct mind and attention anywhere.

People are so tired. The world is set up to exhaust you and drain you. That's how humankind has devised their world. Life is not necessarily that way

I entered a spiritual community when I was 20, which I was in for 11 year, with very strict meditative practices, with an Eastern teacher. It was very much like a religious order.