Attached to your loved ones you are stirred up like water. Hating your enemies, you burn like fire. In the darkness of confusion, you forget what to adopt and discard. Give up your homeland. This is the practice of Bodhisattvas. In one part of our lives, we are... read more
Having gained this rare ship of freedom and fortune, hear, think and meditate unwaveringly night and day in order to free yourself and others from the ocean of cyclic existence. This is the practice of Bodhisattvas. Our current life is precious because we have a... read more
When we talk about repaying the kindness of others, it is easy to get confused in terms of, “How exactly do I do that? Does that mean I have to be everything everybody wants me to be and make them happy?” No. Repaying kindness does not mean we become a... read more
Someone wrote to me once to tell me about a very hard time she had gone through over the last year or two. She said her mind had been quite angry and now she could see that she had projected so much onto the people around her. But at that time, she could not see that;... read more
We are born alone. Even if we have twins or triplets, even if we live our whole lives surrounded by other living beings who promise never to abandon us, can they fulfil that promise? We are born alone, and we will die alone. Even if everybody dies together at the same... read more
