I hope you will attain enlightenment. I am here to tell you that you already have! But you don't know... The difference between the Buddha and us is the confidence in knowing that he was enlightened.

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.

We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness.

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

Many people think spirituality has nothing to do with success or accomplishing - that it's something you do with removal, with leaving the world.

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.

Our root fantasy is that "I" am real and that it's possible for "me" to be happy.