The role of our conscious breathing is to nourish and maintain our power of concentration on one object. If we look carefully and deeply, naturally we will see that the arising, enduring, and ending of the object is dependent on other things. Eventually we will see that the true nature of all dharmas is birthlessness and deathlessness, and that alt

The second result of conscious breathing is that we come in contact with life in the present moment, the only moment when we can touch life. The life which is in us and around us is wonderful and abundant. If we are not free, we cannot be in contact with it, and we are not really living our lives. We should not be imprisoned by regrets about the pa

When we have truly grasped the truths of impermanence, emptiness of self, and dependent co-arising, we see how wondrous our own hearts and minds are. We see how wonderful our bodies, the branches of violet bamboo, the golden chrysanthemums, the clear stream, and the radiant moon are.