The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

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

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

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

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

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

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

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

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

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

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.

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

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

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

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

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

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

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

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

To live is enough.

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

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

The world is its own magic.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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

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

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

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

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

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

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

Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

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

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

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

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

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

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

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