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

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

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

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

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

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

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

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

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

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

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

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

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

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

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

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

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

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

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.

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.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

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

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

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

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

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.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

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

The mind is the source of all happiness and the source of all suffering.

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

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

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.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.