“In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath.”

“It's helpful to always remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing withwhatever arises, without picking and choosing.”

“Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.”

“Meditation practice is how we discover basic goodness and learn to cultivate bodhichitta. With this view, practice, and activity, even the most mundane situation becomes a vehicle for awakening.”

“As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.... ...”

“Every soul innately yearns for stillness, for a space, a garden where we can till, sow, reap, and rest, and by doing so come to a deeper sense of self and our place in the universe. Silence is not ...”

“We are the Masters of each moment.”