On every level of human life, compassion is the key thing.

Without mutual tolerance emerging as the foundation, terrible situations like those of Tibet and Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Rwanda, can never be effectively improved.

We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek to the avoid suffering by deceiving and humiliating other people. We must try to achieve happiness and eliminate suffering by being good-hearted and well-behaved.

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.

We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.

Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.

Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life