Many people think spirituality has nothing to do with success or accomplishing - that it's something you do with removal, with leaving the world.

I hope you will attain enlightenment. I am here to tell you that you already have! But you don't know... The difference between the Buddha and us is the confidence in knowing that he was enlightened.

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

The most important thing is having the right mind - a mind that can see it. Once you have an open mind, you see a lot of auspicious coincidence taking place.

Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the personal windhorse, or the energy of the individual, so a person has good fortitude to be able to live a good life.

True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

A book very much is the center of the road, so people always can refer back to it.