If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only your monastery, but also your special Buddhist practices of detachment, love, and compassion.

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

A lot of problems we are facing, essentially, man made problem. Own creation. Not due to lack of intelligence.

Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart.

Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.

The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.

Prayer alone will not make a happy life. A happy life must be built. You must act.