The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself.

By becoming intimate with how we close down and how we open up, we awaken our unlimited potential.

As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .

If seeing that other person's pain brings up your fear or anger or confusion (which often happens), just start doing tonglen for yourself and all the other people who are stuck in the very same way.

Just where you are-that's the place to start!

The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to lean into them.

We don’t experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away. Samaya means not holding anything back, not preparing our escape route, not looking for alternatives, not thinking that there is ample time to do things later