Misunderstanding may arise by confusing the Buddhist and scientific definitions of death. Within the scientific system you spoke quite validly of the death of the brain and the death of heart. Different parts of the body can die separately. However, in the Buddhist system, the word death is not used in that way. You'd never speak of the death of a particular part of the body, but rather of the death of an entire person. When people say that a certain person died, we don't ask, "Well, which part died?"

I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put forward constructive ideas. One thing is for certain: given human beings' love of truth, justice, peace, and freedom, creating a better, more compassionate world is a genuine possibility. The potential is there.

Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.