Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.

Simply allow your thoughts and experiences to come and go, without ever grasping at them.

To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.

It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free.

Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones-all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake. When we think that the rope is a snake, we are scared, but once we see that we are looking at a rope, our fear dissipates. We have been deluded by our thoughts. Likewise, mentally fabricating self and others, we generate attachment and aversion.

Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now that you have the opportunity to practice dharma, do not waste a single moment on anything else.

Day by day, be content with whatever you have and satisfied with whatever happens. Everything else will then fall naturally into place.