Our own lives are the instruments with which we experiment with truth.

Your presence is a miracle.

In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger.

If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.

Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.

Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.

If we are not happy, if we are not peaceful, we cannot share peace and happiness with others, even those we love, those who live under the same roof. If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.