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

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

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

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

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

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

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

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

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

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

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

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

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

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

The root of suffering is attachment.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

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

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

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

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

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

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

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

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

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

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

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

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.

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

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

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

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

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

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?

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

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

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

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

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

Just to be alive is enough.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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