The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

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

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

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

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

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