No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life

We have to recognize this reality and smile. This is the practice of facing our own fear. Fear is always there within us—the fear of getting old, the fear of getting sick, the fear of dying, the fear of being abandoned by our loved ones. It is very human to be fearful and to worry about it.

I too am someone who has enough peace, joy and freedom to be able to offer fearlessness and joy to those around me. I do not feel loneliness or despair when I feel the love and the happiness of bodhisattvas presently alive on this earth. Seeing their love and seeing the suffering of all beings helps me to live in a meaningful way with true peace an

“Awakened understanding is the practitioner’s only career” is a quotation from the sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings.2 All other careers are not really worth following. No honors or fame can be compared with the awakened understanding that we have when we practice stopping and looking deeply into the nature of things.

If they had parents who had suffered a lot and were afraid of the world and other people, then they would transmit this fear and anger to their children.

I have told my disciples that they should watch the sunrise for me and I will watch the sunset and the stars for them with their eyes.

When I look at myself, I see positive, admirable and even remarkable things, but I also know that there are negative parts of me. So first I recognize and accept myself.

Look deeply at yourself and you see the tree, the cloud, the rose and the squirrel in you.

When we can understand someone else’s suffering and feel love for him or her, we are in touch with the bodhisattva of great understanding.

It is very important to be able to accept all your ancestors with both their strengths and weaknesses. It will help you to become more peaceful and less afraid.