But birth and death are just ideas. All we need to do is overcome these ideas. When I learned that, I saw that such a feat was not impossible. These two ideas have imprisoned us for so many lifetimes.

Unconditional acceptance is the first step in opening the door to the miracle of forgiveness.

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

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.

If we can live in the ultimate dimension at the same time as we function in the historical, we will have no more fear.

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.

Touching the Earth is a very deep practice that can help us transform our fears, doubts, prejudice and anger.

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.

To practice is not to store up a lot of ideas about no self, impermanence, nirvana or anything else; that is just the work of a cassette recorder.