Nothing in this entire world has the power to upset you. Nothing. As a matter of fact, nothing has ever upset you. Nobody has ever hurt you. You stupidly hurt yourself.

You can keep the rest—what’s the use of it? Tell me, what’s the use of moving around in an airplane with a heart that is full of misery and emptiness? Tell me. I’d rather live on the ground in a jungle and be blissfully happy and dancing all day. Wouldn’t you? Maybe you wouldn’t. I don’t know.

The formula’s here; you’ve got it right here. It can be found in Philippians: “For whatever the situation I find myself in, I have learned to be self-sufficient. I am experienced in being brought low, and I have known what it meant to have abundance. I have learned how to cope with every circumstance: how to eat well or to go hungry; to be well

There is a story about a disciple who goes to the master and the master says, “What have you come here for?” And the man says, “Moksha.” Moksha is the Sanskrit word for “freedom.” “I’ve come for freedom.” “Oh, freedom,” says the master. “Mm-hmm. Go and find out who has bound you.” So the guy goes back and meditates for a week, and he comes back and

Are you getting some inkling of what it would mean if you really grasped this? You’d be above it all. That’s one nice definition of spirituality. Spirituality means no longer being at the mercy of an event, or a person, or anything else. I didn’t say not to love people. I said, You’re not at their mercy anymore. You’re no longer at the mercy of an

The great Chinese sage Tranxu puts it marvelously: “When the archer shoots for nothing, he has all his skill. When he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. When he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind. He’s out of his mind. He sees two targets. His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of

The world is full of sorrow. The root of sorrow is desire. The uprooting of sorrow is desirelessness.

Your life is in a mess because you have wrong ideas. It’s not because there’s anything wrong with you. You’re okay, and I’m okay. You’re okay, we’re all okay. We’re great. There’s nothing wrong with us. But, they put wrong ideas into our heads. Somebody did. We needn’t spend too much time trying to catch the culprit. But anyway, you have wrong

Something has upset you. Did you hear that expression? Something has upset you. That’s the way the English language is. That’s the way all languages are. “Something upset me.” Nothing upset you. The accurate way to speak would be, “I upset myself on the occasion of something.” But who speaks like that? You say, “You upset me.” No. “Your behavior