The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.

If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.

Each person's life is like a mandala - a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life ... everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.

When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.

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.

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.

Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness our emotional chain reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain. It becomes a way of life to stay awake, slow down, and notice.