Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It's always with us. It always has been, and always will be. When it arises in us, we've simply learned to see how strong and safe we really are.

The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.

Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that it is immeasurably peaceful and, once stabilized through repeated experience, virtually unshakable. It's an experience of absolute well-being that radiates through all physical, emotional and mental states-even those that might ordinarily be labeled as unpleasant.

We're all buddhas. We just don't recognize it.

Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart.

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.

Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.