A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance..

No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice un….

Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our ….

To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.

In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion..

Expressing gratitude to our benefactors is a natural form of love. In fact, some people find loving kindness for themselves so hard, they begin their….

When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves aliv….

We can struggle with what is. We can judge and blame others or ourselves. Or we can accept what cannot be changed. Peace comes from an honorable and ….

When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life..

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle..

The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise natur….

In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course I get angry, but t….

When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the cour….

In any moment we can learn to let go of hatred and fear. We can rest in peace, love, and forgiveness. It is never too late. Yet to sustain love we ne….

When attachment arises in the place of love, it sees the other as separate; it grasps and needs. Attachment is conditional; it seeks control and it f….

The independence and rebelliousness of our adolescence offer us yet another quality essential to our practice; the insistence that we find out the tr….

It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the my….

We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?.

Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate..

In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those who are not afraid….