When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.

Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

Sleep is the best meditation.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

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.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfection.

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.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth.

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.