Piyawadana

You have the Buddha in you. It is your capacity to to understand and to love all beings. If someone has plenty of these things, he or she is a Buddha. We want to have as many buddhas as possible to heal the universe…

Letting go gives us freedom. Freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free. So let go, be free!

When wisdom and compassion are blended in right portions, peace results.

Silence means that you are not disturbed inside. If you're truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence…

You are lucky if there is someone who can truly understand you, your suffering, difficulties, and loneliness. You are receiving a gift from them, and that gift is the power of understanding…. And you have to offer the same gift in…

Freedom is letting go and freedom is the condition for happiness. Buddhism teaches that joy and happiness arise from letting go. You should find the courage to let them go. ‘Dana’ is one way to practise letting go…

We need love. We need peace. Because we don't yet know how to generate love and peace within, we are looking for it from outside. If we learn to generate love and peace inside us, we don’t need to seek it from the outside world.

In difficult situations we all need a spiritual guidance in order to survive and to keep our hope and compassion alive. Every one of us on Earth should bring a spiritual dimension to our daily life, so we will not be swept away and we can…

Understanding is the very foundation of love;    it's another word for love because, once we understand, we already begin to love.

Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves.