Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.

God is seated in the hearts of all.

God is seated in the hearts of all.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. read more

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one read more

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost read more

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

Without faith, hope and trust, there is no promise for the future, and without a promising future, life has no read more

Without faith, hope and trust, there is no promise for the future, and without a promising future, life has no direction, no meaning and no justification.

Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.