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

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

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

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.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

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

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

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

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

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.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

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

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

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.

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

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

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

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

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

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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

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.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

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

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

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

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

The root of suffering is not in the world outside us but in our own minds.

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

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

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

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

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

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

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

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

The menu is not the meal.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

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

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

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

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

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

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