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" With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment. "

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" Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre, and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. "

" The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance. "

" Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace. "

" Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering. "

" You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. "

" When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born. "

" The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions. "

" 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. "

" The happiest moments are when we sit down and we feel the presence of our brothers and sisters, lay and monastic, who are practicing walking and sitting mediation. "

" Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness. "

" Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. "

" When you have enough understanding and compassion in you, then that amount of understanding and compassion will try to express itself in action. And your practice should help you to cultivate more understanding and compassion. "

" If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply. "

" We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love. "

" We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome. "

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

" Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive. "

" Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature. "

" 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. "

" People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore. "

" 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. "

" Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong. "

" Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. "

" 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. "

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

" Mother Earth is very talented. She has produced Buddhas, bodhisattvas, great beings. "