Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries

We all have the tendency to run away from suffering. But the fact is that without suffering, there is no way to cultivate understanding and compassion.

The Buddha is in you, and the Buddha knows how to breathe and how to walk very beautifully. When you forget, you can ask the Buddha to come, and he will come, right away.

Without understanding and compassion, there can be no happiness.

When we embrace our suffering and look deeply into it, we can learn a lot.