One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment.

The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.

Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation and from cruelty to compassion.

One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one's reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

Observe the reality as it is. As it is, not as you wish it to be. Perhaps your breath is deep. Perhaps your breath is shallow. Perhaps you breathed in through the left nostril. Perhaps you breathed in through the right nostril. It makes no difference.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.