Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.

When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.

Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge...

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.

Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart

For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.

Contemplating the goodness within ourselves is a classical meditation, done to bring light, joy, and rapture to the mind. In contemporary times this practice might be considered rather embarrassing, because so often the emphasis is...

The simple act of being completely attentive & present to another person is an act of love, and it fosters unshakeable well-being.

There is so much we just can’t see or know right now, including precisely how our actions will ripple out.

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.

Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

Let the breath lead the way.

If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract,...

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.

Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.

Hatred does not help us alleviate our pain even in the slightest.

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

As a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American.

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

We live in a network of inter connectivity.

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.

Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.

In Buddhism there is one word for mind & heart: chitta. Chitta refers not just to thoughts and emotions in the narrow sense of arising from the brain, but also to the whole range of...

Meditation is not about what’s happening, it is about how we’re relating to what’s happening.

Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of...

Compassion is born out of lovingkindness.It is born of knowing our oneness, not just thinking about it or wishing it were so. It is born out of the wisdom of seeing things exactly as they...

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

Every time we forget to breathe or our minds wander or we’re hijacked by feelings or sensations, we gently bring ourselves back to the breath, again and again.

The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.

While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.

Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.

When we experience dissatisfaction at work, which everyone does we can use our disappointment as fuel to wake up.

Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in...

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment

We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.

Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.

We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.

We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.