Live in such a way that you embody true peace, that you can be peace in every moment of your daily life. It is possible for everyone to generate the energy of peace in every step.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering. Well-being.

We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.

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