We Are Not Slaves Of The Market.

Quality And Perfection Are Achieved With Time. You Do Not Create A Perfect Painting Or A Perfect Poem By Hurrying. Time Is Always Coming.

There Is At The Moment In The World A Battle Going On Between Those Who Are Pursuing Materialistic Paths-globalizers Of Economic Growth And Those Hell-bent On This 'big Is Better' Idea-on The One Hand, And On The Other Hand Those Who Are Dedicated To Spiritual Renewal, More Small-scale Development, More Human Scale, More Sustainability, More Crafts And Arts. Where Human Beings Are Not Just Sold To Companies And Money And Those Kinds Of Things. Where Human Beings Have A Sacred Path.

That Was My Real Education In The World - I Learned Politics, The Social And Cultural Life Of India, Hindu Tradition And Religion, And Buddhism.

So, At The Age Of Nine, I Became A Monk, And From Then On I Was There Practicing That Kind Of Nonviolence.

In Spite Of Nuclear Weapons, Large Numbers Of American Citizens Feel Totally Insecure. And In Spite Of So Much Wealth, Industry And Technology, Many Americans Are Living Under Deprivation And Anxiety. So Happiness Is Not In Accumulation Of Material Goods, It's In Sharing And Caring.