Once a year go someplace you've never been.

Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?

Nothing comes into being without a cause and when all the conditions are created, there is nothing that can prevent the consequence.

Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.

Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives.

To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice compassion and avoid causing others pain. And to the extent that suffering awakens our empathy and causes us to connect with others, it serves as the basis of compassion and love.

If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.