“Why does a person experience stress? Stress occurs because that which is within you — which is light, intelligence, energy — wants to do certain things and doesn’t want to do other things. And that changes. Stress is a result of the fact that you’re out of tune with your life and your inner…
“Why aren’t you happy? Why aren’t you satisfied with your life? Deep down inside you know that you’re not really happy or satisfied or free. You’re entangled in a mass of emotions, you’re bombarded by thoughts and ideas that don’t make you happy, you live in a world gone mad, where people use technology to…
”Our subject tonight is transcendentalism — the awareness of eternity in the present… As I’m sitting talking to you, I’m watching a squirrel. I’m sitting here in the Dodge van and I’m watching this cute little guy hop back and forth, apparently oblivious to our technologically-oriented civilization. He’s out there in his world, a world…
Everything is transient – meaning it does not last. We are transient in this life. Everything and everyone we know will change their current form. This knowledge gives us the freedom to go and do what we truly want to do. Transience is talk 22 of 27 in the Tantric Buddhism series. © ℗ 1990,…
In Buddhism, we seek that which is ineffable – that which cannot be seen with the eyes or felt with the hands. We seek to find the still center in the middle of all the turning worlds, simply because we like that, we know that’s where we belong. Buddhism is talk 11 of 27 in…
Tantric Buddhism teaches us how to use the things that we must do in life to empower us rather than drain us. Tantra is a collection of things that work by doing them. It is a pathway of adventure and transformation that leads to Enlightenment. The Path of Affirmation is talk 10 of 27 in…
If the ups and downs of the transitory are bothering you, why not make so much happiness that nothing can affect you? Buddhist yoga teaches us how to remove the focus of our mind from the world and place it in a realm of pure light and ecstasy. Buddhist Yoga is talk 26 of 27…
“There are four major paths to self-realization. Of the four, jnana yoga, from the point of view of the beginner, is the most difficult. Jnana yoga is the graduate school of self-discovery. Ordinarily in spiritual practice, one begins by practicing bhakti, the path of love. The path of love leads to the path of self-giving….
“We have lots of fears… We’re taught to fear. The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear — not love, fear. The student of enlightenment, the student of life who wishes to be happy, has to take on their fears one by one and overcome all…
We do not need to shave our head and wear an ochre robe to meditate and progress on the path to enlightenment. No, we do not, and that is what is so exciting! We can meditate anywhere at any time. All we need to do is still our mind. Find out as a spiritual aspirant…
“As an enlightened teacher of Buddhism, I’d like to welcome you to the pathway to enlightenment. I’d like to encourage you, based upon my own personal experience and the personal experience of countless others, to meditate — to be more positive, to engage in the practice of meditation, to learn how to do this wonderful…
“What’s interesting about reincarnation, from the point of view of the more advanced soul, is how the process works. Where am I? What are my possibilities? Is there some way that I can know this system better so that I can gain more out of it? That’s the perspective of the more…