Even though it's not perceivable to the mind or senses, it's there and enlightenment is absolute freedom.

I suggest that you do not get involved in channeling, tapping into spirits not physically present. Your own mind has the ability to properly reflect and determine what is correct and what is not.

Children are wise in a funny kind of way. They haven't developed so many vested interests of self. There is a wisdom, a lack of self-consciousness, that is innocence.

People who want to go to power places all of the time and want to be around powerful people, they don't last long in the study.

Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much of.

In both Surfing the Himalayas and Snowboarding to Nirvana, I have tried to transmit as best I could the spirit of humor, and the sense of humor of the monks I have encountered.

It is not bad living in a monastery. I've done it many times in many lives. But I think you can do a better job outside the monastery, if you have the necessary component parts.