To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.

Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.

I just try to keep my heart open. By this, I mean to try not to let my own programmed reaction to things keep me closed down for too long.

Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person's reality is like for them.

Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.

Chanting is the main thing in my life.

We have to learn to love people even if they are not giving you what you want... and then not take it personally. If you feel hurt, you have to recognize that they are not hurting you because you are you, but because they are them. You have to try not to be so hard on yourself.