By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.

The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested.

In a single moment we can understand we are not just facing a knee pain, or our discouragement and our wishing the sitting would end, but that right in the moment of seeing that knee pain, we're able to explore the teachings of the Buddha. What does it mean to have a painful experience? What does it mean to hate it, and to fear it?

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.

The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner quality of letting go. Being able to let go, to give up, to renounce, and to give generously all spring from the same source, and when we practice generosity ... we open up these qualities within ourselves.