Even modern medical researchers have come to the conclusion that peace of mind is vital for good health.

If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Instead of wondering WHY this is happening to you, consider why this is happening to YOU.

Meditation may also be thought of as a technique by which we diminish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones.

Of course, there are different truths on different levels. Things are true relative to other things; "long" and "short" relate to each other, "high" and "low," and so on. But is there any absolute truth? Something self-sufficient, independently true in itself? I don't think so.

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.