Fulfillment of desire taken to extremes doesn't necessarily make us happy. It tends to make us rather cynical.

Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened

It is inevitable that, in the process of teaching an Asian religion in a Western country, many of the teachings will seem strange or unusual - in the same way that Christianity and Judaism may seem strange and unusual to people from the Far East.

Within silence all things are contained. What appears to our eyes to be life is but a thin curtain, a gauze penumbra, which stultifies our vision, which prevents us from seeing the truth.

When we mediate, we are raising the kundalini through focus, through concentration. There is a metaphysical astral process that's taking place.

The sensual experiences in life are not to be avoided. This is the philosophy of Tantric Buddhism - nor are they particularly to be sought after.

As your power level goes down, you will become physically ill.