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

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

Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book.

The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

As a leader, people push you. They really want to keep pushing you until you get aggressive. Then they say, "Oh, see, it doesn't work."

It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training our mind?

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