Grant that I have enough suffering that my heart really opens to the great compassion of this world, that I be given enough so that I don't wall myself off from the world, that it breaks down the heart and the separation and the ego and the fear, and it lets me touch the nectar, the milk of kindness itself, of something greater.

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

To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.

Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.

Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.

With growing awareness, you can see where you're caught or where you suffer or where you create suffering. You can then turn toward the difficulties that arise in your life with compassion, bow, and say, these too are part of human incarnation.

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.