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.

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.

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 think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.

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.

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

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.

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

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.