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

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

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

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

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

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

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

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

The nature of all things is like a magical illusion, a mirage, a dream, a reflection of the moon in water.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

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

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

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

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

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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

Just to be alive is enough.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

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

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 Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

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

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

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

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

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

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

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

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.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

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 world is its own magic.

Happiness is not about getting what you want, but wanting what you've got.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

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

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

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

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

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.