The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

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.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

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

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

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.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

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

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

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

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

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.

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

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

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.

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

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.