‘Compassion, love, kindness, a sense of brotherhood or sisterhood, a sense of altruism — these are key areas for human development in the future as well as today.’ Dalai Lama

‘I Mo Ko. I Mo Ko. What is this? What is this? When we practise hua t’ou meditation, we are simply trying to generate doubt: What is this? Sometimes the `this’ is crying, sometimes laughing, sometimes feeling depressed, sometimes being excited.’ Jisu Sunim

‘If a major fear or worry arises, tell it you’ll give it attention later. Remarkably, this works. The mind, like a restless child, often settles once it knows it will be heard.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘To experience the Buddha directly is to be fully present with what is, without clinging or resistance. It is to engage with the moment, each thought, each feeling, as an expression of the Dharma.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘Please consider this: right now, you have a body, a voice and a mind, don’t you? Of these, mind is the most important.’ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

‘The easiest and most harmful place for practitioners to find themselves in is the discursive mind — discrimination, analysing, categorising this and that, good and bad, here and now.’ Jisu Sunim