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Ego means "I am this body mind" ...
Clarity realise "I am That"
Whereas in real Just awareness is ...
Be Happy and keep smiling ...

We need to develop a sense of sufficiency to be happy.

If we had kept the vision of interconnectedness, we would not have created the kind of environmental crisis facing the world today.

I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world.

Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food.

Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.

Our relationship with Nature ... best way of forging this relationship ... be a pilgrim and not a tourist on Planet Earth

Because the Western civilization is dominated by dualistic thinking, holistic scientists and philosophers don't get the recognition they deserve.

Happiness is possible only when we are kind to others and contented within.

In the lives of great men, neither did fate give up, NOR DID THEY.

I and a friend of mine called Mannon talked together, and we both decided to walk this journey.

If happiness was in money or power, then America should be the happiest country in the world, but it is not.

If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars.

What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat

The great work of social transformation begins with the first small step of stopping, calming, relaxing, reflecting and acting in a beneficial way.

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence.

With slight risk of exaggeration you could say that he walked almost every mile of the Indian land.

This gives us more time to attend the inner need.

Instead of seeking success we should look for fulfillment. And fulfillment is giving total attention to the process of living.

Quality and perfection are achieved with time. You do not create a perfect painting or a perfect poem by hurrying. Time is always coming.

If we had adhered to the concept of connectedness, then we would not have created nuclear weapons, huge armies and global warming.

Each of us needs to eliminate our anger, fear and greed. The roots of social conflicts and political tensions are in personal anger, fear and greed.

The old story is a story of measurement. And the New Story is to bring measurement and meaning together. You cannot measure meaning.

We need to learn to live in the here and now; this moment is the best moment. Live it fully.

We are dependent on each other. Therefore, replenishing the soil, replenishing society and being part of one continuum - that's the new story.

We change by changing our consciousness and by saying, money should not be a commodity. Money should be a means to an end.

Now is the moment to live fully, and live in happiness. If there is no happiness today, how can you expect to be happy tomorrow?

All the big problems of the world today are routed in the philosophy of separateness and dualism.

Fire cannot be put out with more fire.

In fact, the environmental crisis is related to the crisis of aesthetics, crisis of social cohesion and the crisis of spiritual values.

That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and religion, and Buddhism.

If we go on using the Earth uncaringly and without replenishing it, then we are just greedy consumers.

Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world

We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused

I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother.