In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

Your breathing should flow gracefully, like a river, like a watersnake crossing the water, and not like a chain of rugged mountains or the gallop of a horse. To master our breath is to be in control of our bodies and minds. Each time we find ourselves dispersed and find it difficult to gain control of ourselves by different means, the method of watching the breath should always be used.

When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.

There are many levels of Christianity. There are many notions about God. To believe that God is a person is just one of the notions of God that you can find in Christianity. So, we should not say that there is one Christianity. There are many Christianities.

Knowing that anger makes me ugly, I smile instead. I return to myself and meditate on love.

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