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

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

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

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 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 mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

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

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

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

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

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

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.

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

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

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

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

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

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

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

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.

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

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

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

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

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

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

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

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

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

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

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

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

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

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

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

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

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

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

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

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

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

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

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

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

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

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

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

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

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

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

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.