Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

When I run from suffering, it follows me. When I face suffering with equanimity, it runs from me.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

When you practice zazen you should not try to attain anything. You should just sit in the complete calmness of your mind and not rely on anything.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

External seeking only leads to exhaustion. When you imitate others, you lose your own authenticity.

Just to be alive is enough.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

Panic is a gateway to wisdom. When we learn to stay present with our panic, it becomes our teacher.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.