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

Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.

If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.

Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.

What should we "do" with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle. When no such thing occurs, they feel extremely disappointed. But the real miracle of meditation is more ordinary and much more useful. . . .