Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

The practice of Buddhism is fundamentally a practice of expanding our happiness and diminishing our suffering.

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

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The world is its own magic.

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.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

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

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

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.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

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

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

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

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

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

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

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.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

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

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

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

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

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.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

The path is not about moving from one place to another. It's about recognizing where we already are.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

The essence of mind is empty like space; yet it contains all things, like a mirror.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

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.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

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

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

The menu is not the meal.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The root of suffering is attachment.