A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual practice more a part of the community. I write about infusing people with compassion.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

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

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

If you decide to go on a Buddhist path, you have to be careful if you start mixing a lot of different traditions you are not totally familiar with - mixing this kind of meditation with that kind of practice or this kind of visualization with that kind of mantra. Then you really are concocting your own thing, and you have no idea what is going to happen.

If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible.

The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.