People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out.

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

We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.

Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things done, and they didn't abandon their tradition.

Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.

If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.

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