To be different is to have value. In this sense all things have equal, absolute value. Each thing has absolute value and thus is equal to everything else.

Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible to get rid of our self-centered desires, we have to do it. Our true nature wants us to.

The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.

It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.