"Attention, attention, the key to practice, so many teachers have said. It’s true. When we come to know, even a little…"

"Greed for results, for something dramatic, undermines practice completely. The effects of meditation are subtle and t…"

"As compassion deepens, we find ourselves developing a nobility of the heart. Increasingly, and often to our surprise,…"

"The vast array of methods and techniques which comprise Buddhism, particularly the Tibetan tradition, are all to help…"

"To see what you've done, look at what you are. To see what you'll be, look at your actions."

"It says in the sutras that buddha nature pervades all beings. But this does not mean that there is some thing which i…"

"If you don't clearly understand what you are looking for in a teacher or in internal work, you will inevitably accept…"

"Buddha did not ignore suffering or try to explain it away as an unfortunate side effect of a divine plan or cosmic or…"

"At every stage of practice a price has to be paid for clarity. The price is the loss of an illusion."

"Any form of idealism involves avoiding some specific pain or suffering."