Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Action is called karma. And that's your continuation. When this body disintegrates, you continue on with your actions. It's like the cloud in the sky. When the cloud is no longer in the sky, it hasn't died. The cloud is continued in other forms like rain or snow or ice.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

In order to be loved, we have to love, which means we have to understand.

We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember.

To take good care of yourself and to take good care of living beings and of the environment is the best way to love God.

The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration, which enables you to attain understanding. Thanks to right concentration, you realize right awareness, thoughts, speech, action, livelihood and effort. The understanding which develops can liberate you from every shackle of suffering and give birth to true peace and joy.