Anything you attend to carefully can bring blessing.

Yes, we worship the idea of the "self-made man" - otherwise we'd go on strike against Bill Gates having all that money! We worship that idea.

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

Each of us needs an adequate biography: How do I put together into a coherent image the pieces of my life? How do I find the basic plot of my story?

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.

Too often in the west we fail to realize that even in eastern disciplines the spiritual life is not meant as an escape from the worldly life. There is karma to be fulfilled on earth, within the dharma of necessity.