To take care of ourselves, we take care of those around us. Their happiness and stability are our happiness and stability.

When we know that “A” is not “A,” when we know that our president is not our president, that he is us, we will no longer reproach or blame him.

Because we are ignorant, we crave for things that destroy us, and we get angry at many things. We try to grasp the world of our projections, and we suffer.

The teaching of the Buddha is very clear: when certain conditions are present, our senses perceive something and we qualify it as “being.” When those conditions are no longer sufficient, our senses perceive the absence of that something, and we qualify it as “nonbeing.” That is a wrong perception.

In an emerald creek, water hides a dragon king. In a cold pond, it contains the bright full moon.

Impermanence is good news. Without impermanence, nothing would be possible. With impermanence, every door is open for change. Instead of complaining, we should say, “Long live impermanence!” Impermanence is an instrument for our liberation.

In every tradition, people get stuck in their ways. They attach to a form and get bitten by the snake of misunderstanding. Each time, an effort is needed to renew the tradition, correcting the errors and introducing practices that are closer to the true teaching.

He is the living teaching. When you practice the way of the Buddha, you are transformed, and you are with the Buddha all the time.

You cannot achieve enlightenment by locking yourself in your room. Transformation is possible only when you are in touch. When you touch the ground, you can feel the stability of the earth and feel confident.