There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.

There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.

If you summon your courage to challenge something, you’ll never be left with regret. How sad it is to spend your life wishing, “If only I’d had a little more courage.” Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.

Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle.

Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented.

It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas.

Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.