I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.

I do not watch television. But I'm in touch with the world. If anything really important happens, someone will tell me.

Wherever we are we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other and the wonder of our breathing.

One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling, and I was impressed. Around me people were not like that, so I had the desire to be someone like him. I nourished that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when I had the permission from my parents to go and ordain as a Buddhist monk.

Are we treating our body kindly by the way we eat, by the way we drink, by the way we work? Are we treating ourselves with enough joy and tenderness and peace? Or are we feeding ourselves with toxins that we get from the market - the spiritual, intellectual, entertainment market?

If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you.