Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.
There are some people who eat an orange but don’t really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.
The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
Breathe in and take one step, and focus all your attention on the sole of your foot. If you have not arrived fully, one hundred percent in the here and the now, don’t take the next step.
You are a miracle, and everything you touch could be a miracle.
The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.
It’s wonderful to be alive and to walk on earth.
When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, and much happiness.
Human beings are innately loving beings. When we fail to love, it is because an element of ignorance has intruded into our experience, submerging our natural impulse to love.
Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.
Loneliness cannot be alleviated just by the coming together of two bodies, unless there is also good communication, understanding, and loving kindness.
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.
Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence.
Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.
In one sheet of paper, we see everything else, the cloud, the forest, the logger. I am, therefore you are. You are, therefore I am. That is the meaning of the word “interbeing.” We interare.
In each of us is a seed of understanding. The seed is God.
Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.
Anger and hatred are the materials from which hell is made.