We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds.
When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice.
When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.
Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.
We do not need to become unhappy just because things don’t go our way.
Patience is a mind that is able to accept fully and happily, whatever occurs. It is much more than just gritting our teeth and putting up with things. Being patient means to welcome wholeheartedly whatever arises, having given up the idea that things should be other than what they are.
The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind.
Love is the real nuclear bomb that destroys all our enemies, because when we love all living beings, we have no enemies.
Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life.
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.
The path to enlightenment is really very simple – all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish others. All other spiritual realisations will naturally follow from this.
Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune.
If everyone practiced cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years.
It is through our anger and hatred that we transform people into enemies.
If we transform our ordinary mind into love and compassion we will naturally act in a positive way.
Love is the great protector, protecting us from anger and jealousy.
The moment we let go of our obsessive concern for our own welfare, our mind naturally relaxes and becomes lighter.
We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.
There is no situation so bad that it cannot be accepted patiently, with an open, accommodating, and peaceful heart.
We should understand that our problems do not exist outside of ourself, but are part of our mind that experiences unpleasant feelings.