When we want a cup of tea our main wish is to drink tea, but to fulfill this wish we naturally develop the secondary wish to find a cup. In a similar way, the main wish of those who have great compassion is to protect all living beings from their suffering, but to fulfill this wish they know they must first attain Buddhahood themselves and so they naturally develop the secondary wish to attain enlightenment.

One of the most common ways of not acknowledging our faults is to blame others.

All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy.

A Temple is one of the best ways of benefiting other living beings - it is the best form of public service.

We should understand that our problems do not exist outside of ourself, but are part of our mind that experiences unpleasant feelings.

We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.

Faith is like pure eyes that enable us to see a pure and perfect world beyond the suffering world of samsara.