Occupation: Nun Birth: July 14, 1936
As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted..
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment..
we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In helping ourselves, we help the….
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….
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….
Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck..
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….
In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others..
We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass. The castle is our….
It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space..
Being preoccupied with our self-image is like being deaf and blind. It's like standing in the middle of a vast field of wildflowers with a black hood….
Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspecti….
We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts..
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can ….
When we feel left out, inadequate, or lonely, can we take a warrior’s perspective and contact bodhichitta?.
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….
It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suff….
I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be..
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moraliz….
When resistance is gone, the demons are gone..