You need to eat well, sleep well, and have a roof over your head, but don’t go much further than that before extending yourself to others.

The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without these abilities, we cannot function. When we drink a glass of water, drive a car, or have a conversation, we are using mindfulness and awareness.

We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness.

I think there is a tendency for people to become more isolated as they move along a spiritual path. With more development, people get more isolated. Also, as they have more wealth, they get more isolated.

The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.

I write about whatever is timely - whatever is happening at the time for me - with what the expressive feeling is.

Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book.