Peace… starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

When you hate someone intensely, 80% of what you think is delusion.

The Buddha gave equal opportunities to women. But we, even as followers of Buddha, neglected that.

If you can cultivate wholesome mental states prior to sleep and allow them to continue right into sleep without getting distracted, then sleep itself becomes wholesome.

‎Interdependence is a fundamental law of nature. Even tiny insects survive by mutual cooperation based on innate recognition of their interconnectedness. It is because our own human existence is so dependent on the help of others that our need for love lies at the very foundation of our existence. Therefore we need a genuine sense of responsibility and a sincere concern for the welfare of others.

Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because its aim is to help others.