In India many people come to discuss things with me. I sometimes say that half of them come saying, "I have a problem, I want to find a teacher." The other half say, "I have a problem because I have a teacher!" So it's not so simple.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

Caves are beautiful things you know. They're thermostatically controlled - warm when it's cold out and cool when it's warm. Very quiet. Nobody there. Especially in the winter - it was perfect. Also, because it's a cave, you can't do much with it.

We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move.

We shouldn't be too naïve, or taken in by charisma.

People should find what approach really speaks to them, and then do it. Obviously, better with a good teacher, who can help you on the path. But in any case, basic principles.

To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.