Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness

When we are meditating only to pursue momentary peace, it is not a life-changing practice. It is really not much more than a good nap.

You must first relax the mind and then observe it with patience and perseverance. It is that simple.

A good heart inevitably leads to harmony and joy, even for someone who has no particular desire for enlightenment.

Many of our activities are in truth efforts to distract ourselves from this underlying primordial fear that drives our ordinary mind and only creates more fear.

The basis of compassion and love is our fundamental equality with others. We are all in the same boat of life. But when our ego dictates that we must feel superior to others, this equality becomes impossible.

The technique for calming and stabilizing the mind is called calm abiding meditation, known popularly as mindfulness meditation.

A good heart originates from paying attention to and understanding other people’s situations in life.

Just as love is the heartfelt aspiration for others to be happy and to have all the conditions for happiness, compassion is the heartfelt aspiration for others to be free from suffering and from the conditions of suffering.

Their most fundamental understanding is that lasting happiness cannot be found by changing our external circumstances.