As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.

Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence

Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and reciting prayers. Each act must be carried out in mindfulness.

A bodhisattva doesn't have to be perfect. Anyone who is aware of what is happening and who tries to wake up other people is a bodhisattva. We are all bodhisattvas, doing our best.

Freedom is the real foundation of happiness.

It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice

When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way.