We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

Buddhas and ordinary beings are not two. Enlightenment and delusion are not different paths.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

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

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

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

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

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

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

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

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

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.