The world is its own magic.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

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

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

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

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

The challenge in meditation is not to eliminate thinking but to understand the nature of thought itself.

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

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

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

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.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.