Everything is fresh, the essence of realization.

The teacher will never give up on the student no matter how mixed up he or she might be

There are many changes in the weather of a day.

Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is an excellent, joyful use of our life. Instead of getting better and better at avoiding, we can learn to accept the present moment as if we had invited it, and work with it instead of against it, making it our ally rather than our enemy.

Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.

The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?