48 quotes
Your true home is in the here and the now. It is not limited by time, space, nationality, or race.
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it.
You are a miracle, and everything you touch could be a miracle.
Children understand very well that in each woman, in each man, in each child, there is capacity of waking up, of understanding, and of loving.
Being Peace (2005)
It's wonderful to be alive and to walk on earth.
Talk at Stonehill College (2002)
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
Touching Peace (1992)
Other people can occupy your country, they can even put you in prison, but they cannot take away your true home and your freedom.
When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are practicing, and she may even apologize.
Teachings on Love (2005)
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Visions from Earth (2004)
Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.
Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation (1999)
When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness
Teachings on Love (2005)
The present moment
contains past and future.
The secret of transformation,
is in the way we handle this very moment.
Understanding Our Mind (2006)
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.
Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)
Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.
The Miracle of Mindfulness (1999)
Your first love has no beginning or end. Your first love is not your first love, and it is not your last. It is just love. It is one with everything.
Cultivating the Mind of Love (2005)
This capacity of waking up, of being aware of what is going on in your feelings, in your body, in your perceptions, in the world, is called Buddha nature, the capacity of understanding and loving.
Being Peace (2005)
I would like to offer one short poem you can recite from time to time, while breathing and smiling
Being Peace (1987)
Seeds can produce seeds
Seeds can produce formations.
Formations can produce seeds.
Formations can produce formations.
Understanding Our Mind (2006)
The tenth penetration is, "All times penetrate one time. One time penetrates all times — past, present, and future. In one second, you can find the past, present, and future."
The Sun My Heart (1996)