People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out.

Shambhala can be relevant in terms of what is going on in the world.

Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.

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

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.

The principles of Buddhism and Shambhala can be effective in helping the course of what is happening in the world.

As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts, kindness and care-these are our most precious gifts.