As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.

We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.

From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.

People need to climb the mountain not simple because it is there But because the soulful divinity needs to be mated with the spirit.

The motivation of all religious practice is similar: love, sincerity, honesty. The way of life of practically all religious persons is consistent. The teachings of tolerance, love, and compassion are the same.

We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek to the avoid suffering by deceiving and humiliating other people. We must try to achieve happiness and eliminate suffering by being good-hearted and well-behaved.

You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived.