It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity.

When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person.

When we are using this term 'basic goodness,' we are talking about our inherent completeness.

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.

A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation.

In meditation we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

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