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.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

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

The moment you note a thought, it disappears. The noting mind keeps the hindrances away.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

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

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

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

The practice of meditation is like learning to play an instrument - it takes patience, regular practice, and a gentle touch.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

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

The root of suffering is attachment.