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

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

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.

When I was going into one of my first meditation retreats, I asked my father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for some advice. He said, "How you act when you're alone affects the rest of your life." Even in solitude, the ruler engages in virtue.

There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is based upon compassion, but a lot of people come in and say, "I need to get more meditation. I need to do this for me, me, me." That's fine, but the view here is much more societal.

When we are using this term 'basic goodness,' we are talking about our inherent completeness.

It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity.