When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age.

The dharma is here. And the dharma is in your heart. Where else would it be?

If you don't find that people find you're easier to live with than you were before, if you don't find that your heart is feeling warmer toward others and if your negative emotions are not getting any better, then there's something wrong. That is always the touchstone of the Dharma practice.

Until you are open, you cannot receive.

My mother's love was really not based on attachment. Her love was genuine love. To make me happy, not how I will make her happy.

My body is not good for prostrations.

Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.