Spiritual practice is the art of knowing how to generate happiness and handle suffering, just as a gardener knows how to make good use of mud in order to grow lotus flowers.

When we practice mindfulness, we can get many kinds of relief. But the greatest relief and peace comes when we are able to touch our nature of no birth and no death. This is something doable. It’s something possible. And it gives us a lot of freedom. If we are in touch with our cosmic body, our God body, our nirvana body, then we are no longer afra

When you touch impermanence deeply, you touch no self. Impermanence and no self are not two different things. In terms of time, it’s impermanence, and in terms of space, it’s no self, emptiness, interbeing.

Our body is a community, and the trillions of non-human cells in our body are even more numerous than the human cells.

Our life is the message.

Our mind consciousness may not be able to do that right now, but our store consciousness is touching the true nature of the cosmos, in this very moment.

Use your time wisely. Every moment it is possible to think, say, or do something that inspires hope, forgiveness, and compassion. You can do something to protect and help others and our world.

It is possible for each of us to see our continuation right away. This is something we have to remind ourselves to do every day.

Our dream gives us vitality. It gives our life meaning.