Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have.

Initially, you have to live a period where you are developing your attitude. I would consider that a meditation: determining what you want to do. You have a period where you meditate and you get the strength.

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.

What is my great wish and intention, is to make a base of compassion and to encourage people to work to shift the energy.

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

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

Caring for others is the basis of worldly success.