Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.

Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to how far we can go.

One country ... one ideology, one system is not sufficient. It is helpful to have a variety of different approaches ... We can then make a joint effort to solve the problems of the whole of humankind.

I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival.

We all have the potential to be better than we are.

With genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no affect on your attitude.

Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.