We are not prisoners of our senses. We are not prisoners of our bodies or our minds. We must become free of our body and free of our mind.

We have to wake up! We have to make it possible for the moment of awareness to manifest. This is the practice that will save us—this is the revolution.

If nirvana is a concept to you, then you are a prisoner. Burn nirvana, burn impermanence, and burn non-self if they ever become concepts!

You will not have to defend Buddhism; you will not have to die for Buddhism. Buddhism has no need for martyrs.

Stopping is peace. Stopping is happiness. Buddhist meditation consists of stopping and looking deeply, samatha and vipasyana. Deep looking helps you to stop, and stopping helps you to look deeply.

“Are you sure of your perceptions?”

When you do that, the Buddha does it at the same time with you, because the Buddha is in you. All of us practice this mantra along with you—you have the support of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha in uttering these words.

In true love, there is no place for pride.

“Dear one, I am suffering. I need your help. I need you to explain to me why you did this thing to me.”