Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.

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

An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.

You don't have to believe anything, adopt a dogma in order to learn how to meditate.

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

You should never use the word Karma when talking about someone else, it's only a concept you should apply to yourself as a matter of investigation.

There's a famous quotation from the time the Buddha learned of the deaths of two of his greatest disciples: "It's as if the sun and the moon have left the sky." From that quotation, I would guess that while the Buddha loved all beings everywhere, with no exclusion, he also had relationships that were special to him, and he felt their loss.