If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

I'm nothing special, just an ordinary human being. That's why I always describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk.

True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized.

It is important to pray for peace. . . But you must also take actions to make that happen. Every single day.

Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request.

I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent.

If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.