The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

In meditation, we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

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

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

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

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

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

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

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

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.

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.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

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

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct way possible, without resorting to anything external or superadded.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

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

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

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.