To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.

Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.

As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine.

Refraining from stealing: care with material goods. Undertake for one week to act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously in your heart.

Of course, you play the game of life because you got to be incarnated.

Taking the one seat describes two related aspects of spiritual work. Outwardly, it means selecting one practice and teacher among all the possibilities, and inwardly, it means having the determination to stick with that practice through whatever difficulties and doubts arise until you have come to true clarity and understanding.

Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.