Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

If we had to accept the idea of an independent creator, the explanations given in [several Buddhist texts] which completely refutes the existence per se of all phenomena, would be negated.

If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness.

Because of the great differences in our ways of thinking, it is inevitable that we have different religions and faiths. Each has its own beauty. And it is much better that we live together on the basis of mutual respect and mutual admiration.

The person who received maximum affection from mother, that person also sort of cultivated the potential showing affection to others.

When, from the depths of your heart, you spontaneously wish all beings to find true, lasting happiness, this is great love.