To protect this earth is to protect the very spirit of life

Being fooled into trying to make things work out for 'me' is called samsara.

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

When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.

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

Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown. We often overlook compassion, seeing it as merely a pit stop on the way to more advanced practices. We want something more; we don't even know what. But that's just a trick of our mind. One of the greatest teachings is to practice compassion.

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