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.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.

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 Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

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

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.

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.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

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

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.