The Buddha always reminds us that our afflictions, including our fear and our desiring, are born from our ignorance. That is why in order to dissipate fear, we have to remove wrong perception.

Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart.

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

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.

We will not just say, "I love him very much," but instead, "I will do something so that he will suffer less." The mind of compassion is truly present when it is effective in removing another person's suffering.

If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.

The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.