When you are you, Zen is Zen. Big mind is just big mind.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

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

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

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

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

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

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

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

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

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

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

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

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

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

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

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

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

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.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

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

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

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.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

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

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

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.

Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

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

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

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

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

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

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

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

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.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

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

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

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

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

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.

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

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

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

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

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

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.