The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

The great gift of meditation is that it returns us to the simplicity of our own being.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

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

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

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

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

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

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

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

The root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

When the mind is ready to understand, the truth will come to meet it.