Instead of wondering WHY this is happening to you, consider why this is happening to YOU.

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

While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.

Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.

Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment.

Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.

We must openly accept all ideologies and systems as a means of solving humanity's problems. One country, one nation, one ideology, one system is not sufficient.