Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment. If we cling n….

Pain and suffering are two completely difference experiences. Pain is unavoidable. Suffering is self-created..

The practice of celibacy alone was opening me up to a deeper sense of the way the mind-body connection works. I saw over and over that my mind and bo….

Finally we are being told the truth: life isn’t always easy and pleasant. We already know this to be true, but somehow we tend to go through life thi….

Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and compassionate h….

God has abandoned you. Fear does not serve you. Your heart has betrayed you. Only the music can guide you..

We come to understand the law of casuality - that is, we see that all beings are experiencing what they're experiencing based on their own actions an….

Our future experiences will be colored by the choices we make in the present..

Renunciation is not about pushing something away, it is about letting go. It's facing the fact that certain things cause us pain, and they cause othe….

We mistakenly bind ourselves to be content only when life is feeling pleasurable..

It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from….

With mindfulness we have the choice of responding with compassion to the pain of craving, anger, fear and confusion. Without mindfulness we are stuck….

We are born into a realm of constant change. Everything is decaying. We are continually losing all that we come in contact with. Our tendency to get ….

The point of the spiritual revolution is not to become a good Buddhist, but to become a wise and compassionate human being, to awaken from our life o….

Generosity is revolutionary, counter-instinctual. Our survival instinct is to care only for ourselves and our loved ones. But we can transform our re….

The inner revolution will not be televised or sold on the Internet. It must take place within one's own mind and heart..

Sitting still is a pain in the ass..

We have the ability to effect a great positive change in the world, starting with the training of our own minds and the overcoming of our deluded con….

The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution..