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

As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize our lives are good enough, happiness immediately appears. That is the practice of contentment.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it?

If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.

If you can feel that Mother Earth is in you, and you are Mother Earth, then you are not any longer afraid to die because the earth is not dying. Like a wave appears and disappears and appears again.

If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.