People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. They prefer suffering that is familiar to the unknown.
If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. That is very serious!
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
Real love begins when nothing is expected in return.
Once we recognize that all things are impermanent, we have no problem enjoying them.
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos; trees, clouds, everything.
I do not say that I’ll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive.
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step.
Dharma is what the Buddha taught. It is the way of understanding and love-how to understand, how to love, how to make understanding and love into real things.
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace.
Our own life has to be our message.
If you learn to practice love, compassion, joy, and equanimity, you will know how to heal the illnesses of anger, sorrow, insecurity, sadness, hatred, loneliness, and unhealthy attachments.
