The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

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

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

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

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

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

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

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

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

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

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

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

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 knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

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

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

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

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

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

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

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

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

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

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 first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

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

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

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

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

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

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

The nature of all things is like a magical illusion, a mirage, a dream, a reflection of the moon in water.

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

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

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

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

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.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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

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

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

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.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

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

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

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

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