Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through The Storm

Meditation has two aspects: stopping and calming is the first, and looking deeply to transform is the second.

Helping the other person feel safe is the best guarantee for your safety.

We need to have a nonviolent attitude toward our suffering, our pain, our fear.

Concentration means you keep the insight alive for a long time. It’s not just a flash; that’s not enough to liberate you. So in your daily life, you keep that insight of nonself, of emptiness, of impermanence alive. When you see a person, a bird, a tree, or a rock, you see its nature of emptiness. Then it becomes an insight that will liberate you.

With mindfulness and concentration, it’s always possible to bring forth a feeling of happiness.

I believe that the next buddha will no longer be an individual; it will be a sangha,

Walk with your feet, not with your head.

you’re not only this body, but also your environment—you’re all of this.

Modeling calm in the face of fear,

“I have looked deeply into the state of mind of unhappy people and have seen hidden under their suffering a very sharp knife. Because they don’t see that sharp knife in themselves, it is difficult for them to deal with suffering.”