The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

There are many ways to meditate. But at the heart of them all is mindfulness.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

The teaching of the Buddha is based on two truths: conventional truth and ultimate truth. Without understanding the relationship between these two, the deeper meaning of the Buddha's teaching cannot be understood.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

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

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The most profound meditation is to think nothing at all.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

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

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

In the monastery of your body, the monk of your mind must stay in retreat.