Grant that I have enough suffering that my heart really opens to the great compassion of this world, that I be given enough so that I don't wall myse….

No one knows how this world came into being. It is a creation of consciousness itself. It's extraordinary, a mystery..

The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed..

Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement..

We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything..

All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations..

In the West, there's a myth that freedom means free expression-that to follow all desires wherever they take one is true freedom. In fact, as one ser….

May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that..

As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths,….

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose..

What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act, we create [our] karma: so another ….

The quieting of our mind is a political act..

In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love..

It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life..

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love..

No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment.

Every individual in the world has a unique contribution..

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are..

As we follow a genuine path of practice, our sufferings may seem to increase because we no longer hide from them or from ourselves. When we do not fo….

Even time is a concept. In reality we are always in the eternal present. The past is just a memory, the future just an image or thought. All our stor….

The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present. Love in the past is a memory. Lov….