Spirituality actually must be above politics. Or some other sort of business.

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

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.

For change to happen in any community, the initiative must come from the individual.

Some consider me as a living Buddha. That's nonsense. That's silly. That's wrong. If they consider me a simple Buddhist monk, however, that's probably okay.