For most of us, karma and negative emotions obscure the ability to see our own intrinsic nature, and the nature of reality. As a result we clutch on to happiness and suffering as real, and in our unskillful and ignorant actions go on sowing the seeds of our next birth. Our actions keep us bound to the continuous cycle of worldly existence, to the endless round of birth and death. So everything is at risk in how we live now at this very moment: How we live now can cost us our entire future.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

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.

The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

Just because we go through a difficult situation, it doesn’t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in our hands, in our actions.

The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.