I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id.

In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time rice farmers to feed their families and make a living, it is a natural thing for anyone in the family who can find an alternative source of income to do so.

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

You don't understand. I only prostitute the part of the body that isn't important, and nobody suffers except my karma a little bit. I don't do big harm. You prostitute your mind. Mind is seat of Buddha. What you do is very very bad. You should not use your mind in that way

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.