Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

A revolution in the eyes of man carries purpose.A revolution in the eyes of the awakened carries bliss.

Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.

Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy.

Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way

We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.

Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.

When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air.

Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.

Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings.

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.