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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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