"It is not our world that is necessarily problematic; it's our point of view.

Enlightment is merely things as they are before we color them with our hopes and fears."

The Buddha walks into a bar
"What gets us into trouble are the layers of concept and attachment that we place on all of these things.

Whatever we encounter is not problematic, as long as we loosen our attachment to how things should be."

The Buddha walks into a bar
"Mindfulness is the energy that allow us to recognize our habit energy and prevent it from dominating us."

The heart of Buddha's teaching
"What joy is left in life? We find it in nirvana [the joy of completely extinguishing our ideas and concepts]."

The heart of Buddha's teaching