Calming the Fearful Mind: A Zen Response to Terrorism

We all have to suffer less in order to restore some kind of balancewithin ourselves. Only then can we engage in meaningful and effective efforts to build peace in the world.

Despite what they sometimes believe, directors and actors aren't really concerned primarily with fame and wealth. The mind of love is very strong, and if they could touch this love, they would become bodhisattvas, and create films that lead people to awakening.

Understanding suffering is the prerequisite to ending it. In order to understand suffering you have to practice deep, compassionate listening.

Don't let your desire be small, it should be very great. If it is not a great desire you will be pulled away by many smaller desires.

It is not about "doing" something, it's about "being" something-being peace, being hope, being solid-every action will come out of that, because peace, stability, and freedom always seek a way to express themselves in action.

When you take a step, if you can enjoy that step, if your step can bring you more stability and freedom,then you are serving the world.

Only listen to and speak with people who nourish love and understanding in you, unless you are speaking with someone with the sole purpose of helping them to transform their suffering and violence.

When you already have the energy of mindfulness in you born from your daily practice, you have enough calm and insight to recognize, embrace, look deeply at, and understand your suffering.

Right Understanding involves understanding suffering and seeing what governments could do to make social justice, mutual respect, and tolerance a reality.