Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.

A bodhisattva doesn't have to be perfect. Anyone who is aware of what is happening and who tries to wake up other people is a bodhisattva. We are all bodhisattvas, doing our best.

Life is only available in the present moment.

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

I would not be happy if I had not become a monk.

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.