All beings, including each one of us, enemy and friend alike, exist in patterns of mutuality, interconnectedness, co-responsibility and ultimately in unity.
Joan HalifaxSince we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha.
Joan HalifaxDeveloping our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way.
Joan HalifaxThe roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in the term nonduality. If we look deeply, we find that we do not have a separate self-identity, a self that does not include sun and wind, earth and water, creatures and plants, and one another.
Joan Halifax