We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

On a relative level where we live, we need to have a sense of identity, otherwise we'd fall apart, wouldn't we?

In our endless past lives, we've all done everything, you name it, we've done it. Good, bad, intermediate.

To be enlightened doesn't mean you end up stupefied and unable to function.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.

Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So I talk about how people can stop separating dharma practice - going on retreats, going to dharma centers, hearing talks, reading books - from their ordinary life.