If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.

Lying down is not the only position for resting. During sitting or walking meditation, we can rest very well. Meditation does not have to be hard labor. Just allow your body and mind to rest like an animal in the forest. Don’t struggle.

“Five Remembrances” every day: (1) I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. (2) I am of the nature to have ill-health. There is no way to escape having ill-health. (3) I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death. (4) All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way

Practicing mindfulness helps us learn to appreciate the well-being that is already there.

Discourse on the Full Awareness of

To seek for refuge means to look for a place like that that is safe, a place we can rely on.

The Twelve Turnings of the Wheel

The second function of shamatha is calming.

Four Immeasurable Minds — love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.”