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.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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