The basic condition of human life is happiness.

I hold the view that death is rather like changing one's clothes when they are torn and old. It is not an end in itself. Yet death is unpredictable-you do not know when and howT it will take place.

I could justify violence only in this extreme case, to save the last living knowledge of Buddhism itself.

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.

We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing.

The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.