Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet.

While drinking, while talking, while writing, while watering our garden, it's always possible to practice living in the here and the now.

Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.

To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Walk so that your footprints bear only the marks of peaceful joy and complete freedom. To do this you have to learn to let go. Let go of your sorrows, let go of your worries. That is the secret of walking meditation.

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all living beings.