The world is its own magic.

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

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

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

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

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

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

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

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

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

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

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.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

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

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

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

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

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.

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

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

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

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.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

The spiritual journey begins with the recognition that beneath our surface happiness there lies a deep inner pain.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

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

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

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

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

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

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

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 whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

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

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

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

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

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.

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

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