Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins.

It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

A bodhisattva doesn't have to be perfect. Anyone who is aware of what is happening and who tries to wake up other people is a bodhisattva. We are all bodhisattvas, doing our best.

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

Transformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in the present moment

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.