Because of our unenlightenment, we do not know that what we do to others we ultimately do to ourselves.

Be a communicator, not a self-righteous proselytizer or preacher. Many people are only concerned with expressing themselves, which isn't necessarily communication.

We have become so addicted to our greed-driven habits that we have lost our moral compass and don't know what is right and wrong.

It may take sixteen pounds of grain to make one pound of beef, but it also takes one hundred pounds of fish to make that one-pound of beef!

Three things to never leave home without: your keys, birdseed for the birds, and your mala beads to chant through difficulties.

If it were possible to live without causing harm to any living being at all, then indeed we might well choose not to eat carrots or other vegetables. But that is not possible - merely by being alive, we necessarily cause harm to many, many beings: we step on them inadvertently, we breathe them in without noticing, we kill them when we brush our teeth or wash our bodies, etc.

Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.