Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

Compassion is a verb.

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

The Buddha said that if we know how to look deeply into our suffering and recognize what feeds it, we are already on the path of emancipation.

The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?

To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.