Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

Just to be alive is enough.

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

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

The world is its own magic.

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

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

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

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

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

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

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

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

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

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.

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

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

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

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.

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.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

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.

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

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

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

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

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

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

The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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

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

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

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

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

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

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

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

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

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

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

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

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

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.

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.

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

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