Each second of life is a miracle

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community -a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy.

"I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this.

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born.