The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

To see directly is to be free of hope and fear. Hope and fear are like a cloud before the sun.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

When thoughts arise, recognize them as the display of your own awareness, like recognizing your own children in a crowd.

Devotion is the head of meditation, as is often said. When you are inspired by some spiritual teacher, you can have a very strong connection with that person, and thereby the blessings can enter.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.