Things don't just happen in this world of arising and passing away. We don't live in some kind of crazy, accidental universe. Things happen according to certain laws, laws of nature. Laws such as the law of karma, which teaches us that as a certain seed gets planted, so will that fruit be.

Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them.

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.

I’m learning that to be at home everywhere, I have to be sure to include the place I actually live.

When you're wide open, the world is a good place.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

The quality of mindfulness does not just know something is happening - e.g. there is an emotion, a sensation - but knows without clinging or condemning.