Anything that ends with death isn't really mind, just the things that pass through a mind.

My happiness comes from doing all I can for my students. To help them, what else could there be?

There is something beyond power. The totality of one's being. Some call it nirvana. We have a higher destiny. Before you can scratch the surface, you have to bring your life into order.

When you think an angry thought about someone, it's like hitting them.

You can't die. Bodies come and go but your spirit is eternal. You're the stuff that life is.

The kundalini energy is often compared to a snake that is coiled up. Because it is coiled up it can spring very quickly. It can jump and extend itself very far.

Part of what we seek in Buddhism is the sense of quiet observation. We don't get so involved in a state of mind that we forget that it's just another transient state of mind, no matter how much ecstasy or agony is involved.