The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

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

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

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

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

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

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

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

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

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

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

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

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

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

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

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

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

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

The deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.

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

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

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

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

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

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

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

The root of suffering is attachment.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

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

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

To live is enough.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

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

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

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

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

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

Buddhas and ordinary beings are not two. Enlightenment and delusion are not different paths.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.