Whenever there is a challenge, there is also an opportunity to face it, to demonstrate and develop our will and determination.

Let us cultivate love and compassion, both of which give life true meaning. This is the religion I preach. It is simple. Its temple is the heart. Its teaching is love and compassion. Its moral values are loving and respecting others, whoever they may be. Whether one is a lay person or a monastic, we have no other option if we wish to survive in this world.

By being inattentive to the needs of others, inevitably we end up harming them.

Laughing in full abandonment is very good for your health.

There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions.

Not only can I not recall my experiences in my previous lives, sometimes I can't even remember what I did yesterday.

Man surprised me most about humanity.Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.