When we see the relatedness of ourselves to the universe, that we do not live as isolated entities, untouched by what is going on around us, not affecting what is going on around us, when we see through that, that we are interrelated, then we can see that to protect others is to protect ourselves, and to protect ourselves it to protect others.

Loving kindness is the spirit of friendship toward yourself and others.

Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.

At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

I call myself a meditation teacher rather than a spiritual teacher.

It's interesting that people bring different things to oppressive and difficult situations, when they're reduced to the barest terms of survival. That's what provides tension in a lot of films.