Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past..

With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification..

We as human beings have the amazing capacity to be reborn at breakfast everyday and say, “This is a new day.”.

The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the whole process of making war wit….

Only a deep attention to the whole of our life can bring us the capacity to love well and live freely..

How did we get into this funny-looking body that has a hole at one end in which we regularly stuff dead plants and animals? It's bizarre that we got ….

As we step out of the way new things are born..

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it..

No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today..

In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding..

Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into t….

To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one..

We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much..

Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things..

Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit, an inviolable con….

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another..

You have to accept the way things are before you can move on..

We need a repeated discipline, a genuine training, in order to let go of our old habits of mind and to find and sustain a new way of seeing..

According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life..

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them..

To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others..