Expressing gratitude to our benefactors is a natural form of love. In fact, some people find loving kindness for themselves so hard, they begin their practice with a benefactor. This too is fine. The rule in loving kindness practice is to follow the way that most easily opens your heart.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.

As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.

We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.

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

In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love.

Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.