We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved.

Yet is our deepest desire is truly to live and go on living, why do we blindly insist that death is the end? Why not at least try and explore the possibility that there may be a life after?

...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .

The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!

Don't you notice that there are particular moments when you are naturally inspired to introspection? Work with them gently, for these are the moments when you can go through a powerful experience, and your whole worldview can change quickly.

Let your heart go out in spontaneous and immeasurable compassion.

In the Buddhist approach, life and death are seen as one whole, where death is the beginning of another chapter of life. Death is the mirror in which the entire meaning of life is reflected.