All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment. So merely changing formal religious affiliations will often not help much. On the other hand, in pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!

When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.

According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?

It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.

A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything; therefore, a zero is something, yet zero.