Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with an op….

If you’re aggressive in your dealings, that’s how you’ll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if you frequently explode….

That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. Everything is in process..

Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh..

Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to escape - all addicti….

The central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort..

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, tha….

Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more depression, more discour….

When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,….

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment..

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide..

That could be applied to whatever you feel. Maybe anger is your thing. You just go out of control and you see red, and the next thing you know you're….

You see, there really is no separation between you and everyone else..

If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for….

Hold the sadness and pain of samsara [suffering, confusion] in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun [fundame….

If you follow your heart, you're going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient..

Softening what is rigid in our hearts..

We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious….

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others..

Cool loneliness allows us to look honestly and without aggressionat our own minds. We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think weought to be, or….

When resistance is gone, the demons are gone..