Simple practices like conscious breathing and smiling are very important. They can change our civilization.

Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.

Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding.

Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our childhood. The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Buddhism has to do with your daily life, with your suffering and with the suffering of the people around you.

Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.

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