Self-discipline Is Crucial To A Simpler, More

I Believe The Twenty-first Century Can Become The Most Important Century Of Human History. I Think A New Reality Is Emerging. Whether This View Is Realistic Or Not, There Is No Harm In Making An Effort.

Just As Compassion Is The Wish That All Sentient Beings Be Free Of Suffering, Loving-kindness Is The Wish That All May Enjoy Happiness.

In The Buddha's Life Story We See The Three Stages Of Practice: Morality Comes First, Then Concentrated Meditation, And Then Wisdom. And We See That The Path Takes Time.

If You Can Cultivate Wholesome Mental States Prior To Sleep And Allow Them To Continue Right Into Sleep Without Getting Distracted, Then Sleep Itself Becomes Wholesome.

I Believe That The Basic Nature Of Human Beings Is Gentle And Compassionate. It Is Therefore In Our Own Interest To Encourage That Nature, To Make It Live Within Us, To Leave Room For It To Develop. If On The Contrary We Use Violence, It Is As If We Voluntarily Obstruct The Positive Side Of Human Nature And Prevent Its Evolution.