Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom.

Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.

Shambhala vision is universal. It has no bias towards one type of culture or group. It is not ethnocentric and does not encourage one specific kind of person, race, or religion. Shambhala vision promotes a universality in relationship to basic goodness. All human beings are basically good and an enlightened society, at various levels of manifestation, can occur in any culture.

Each of us holds human destiny in our hands. It will be completely determined by how the mind feels about itself.

People sometimes don't like organized situations. Sometimes people need to be left alone more. Sometimes people need environmental support.

I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.

Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.