Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift!
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.
Happiness is the cessation of suffering.
We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our determination not to kill, either directly or indirectly, and also to prevent others from killing.
As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.