When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders.

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

I do not watch television. But I'm in touch with the world. If anything really important happens, someone will tell me.

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart. Even if he says things that are full of wrong perceptions, full of bitterness, you are still capable of continuing to listen with compassion. Because you know that listening like that, you give that person a chance to suffer less.

Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.

The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.

Wrong perceptions cannot be removed by guns and bombs. They should be removed by deep listening, compassionate listening, and loving space.