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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

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

The world is its own magic.

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

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

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

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

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

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

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

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 highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

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

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

Life is available only in the present moment.

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.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

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

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

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

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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.

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

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

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

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

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

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

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

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

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.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

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

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

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

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

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

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

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

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

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

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

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 Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

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

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

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

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.