When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.

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

The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.

You have people who are good at English but don't have the training in Buddhism or Shambhala, or they have the training but are not good in English. Getting that mixture is really rare.

As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts, kindness and care-these are our most precious gifts.

The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.

Shambhala can be relevant in terms of what is going on in the world.