Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

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

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

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

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.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

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

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

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