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" One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas. "

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" If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. "

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" Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. "

" Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act. "

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" To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people. "

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" In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. "

" Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping. "

" Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof. "

" Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment. "

" Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with every one else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself. "

" Happiness is the cessation of suffering. "

" In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness. "

" Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart. "

" True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. "

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" I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice. "

" To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you. "

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" Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being. "

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