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

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

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

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

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

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

The state of mind that exists when you sit in the right posture is, itself, enlightenment.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

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

The cultivation of loving-kindness has the power to transform enmity into amity, hostility into hospitality.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.