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

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

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

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.

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

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.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

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

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

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. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.