All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.

In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest

When we touch the center of sorrow, when we sit with discomfort without trying to fix it, when we stay present to the pain of disapproval or betrayal and let it soften us, these are times that we connect with bohdichitta.

In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.

Constantly apply cheerfulness, if for no other reason than because you are on this spiritual path. Have a sense of gratitude to everything, even difficult emotions, because of their potential to wake you up.

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

We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.