I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.

My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

Contemplating the suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that wishes to free all living beings from suffering.

We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness.

The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.

In some places, there's the concept of one religion, one truth. In the Muslim world, there's the notion of Allah. The Western, multireligious modern society is some kind of a challenge to this. These, I feel, are the main causes [for terrorism], and, when combined with lots of anger and frustration, cause a huge amount of hate.