Breathing In, I Know I Am Breathing

To Reconcile Conflicting Parties, We Must Have The Ability To Understand The Suffering Of Both Sides.

Our Smile Will Bring Happiness To Us And To Those Around Us. Even If We Spend A Lot Of Money On Gifts For Everyone In Our Family, Nothing We Buy Could Give Them As Much Happiness As The Gift Of Our Awareness, Our Smile. And This Precious Gift Costs Nothing.

One Day I Saw A Picture Of The Buddha On A Buddhist Magazine And He Was Sitting On The Grass, And He Was Sitting On The Grass, Very Peaceful, Smiling, And I Was Impressed. Around Me People Were Not Like That, So I Had The Desire To Be Someone Like Him. I Nourished That Kind Of Desire Until The Age Of Sixteen, When I Had The Permission From My Parents To Go And Ordain As A Buddhist Monk.

Follow Your Breathing, Dwell Mindfully On Your Steps, And Soon You Will Find Your Balance.

When You Have A Stomach Ache You Don't Tell Your Stomach To Go Away.