Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING directed toward the other person you love. Because if you do not understand this person, you cannot love properly. Understanding is the essence of love. If you cannot understand, you cannot love. That is the message of the Buddha.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.

In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.

When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.

The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.