Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy.

You are a miracle, and everything you touch could be a miracle.

As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.

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.

Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.

When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.