If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

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

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

The root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

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

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

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