Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves.

It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit, an inviolable consciousness that is born in each of us. It is who we are, and it's everything and it's nothing.

What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act, we create [our] karma: so another key to understanding the creation of karma is becoming aware of intention. The heart is our garden, and along with each action there is an intention that is planted like a seed. The result of the patterns of our karma is the fruit of these seeds.

We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.

When attachment arises in the place of love, it sees the other as separate; it grasps and needs. Attachment is conditional; it seeks control and it fear loss. Ask your heart if attachment has replaced love. If we speak to our heart, it will always tell us the truth.