Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

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

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

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

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

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.

In Zen there must be satori; there must be a general mental upheaval which destroys the old accumulations of intellection and lays down the foundation for a new life.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

The teaching of the Buddha is based on two truths: conventional truth and ultimate truth. Without understanding the relationship between these two, the deeper meaning of the Buddha's teaching cannot be understood.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.