So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person. [True Love. A Practice for Awakening the Heart.]

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

I am you and you are me; it is obvious we inter-are.

There may be a time when a country will have to wake up from a vision of happiness, when they have to realize that theirs is not the perfect idea, that there are many aspects that do not correspond to the reality of what is there, the real need and aspirations of the people.

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

Only the present moment contains life.