True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness.

What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.

We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.

Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.

After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.

If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about.