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

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.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Zen is not necessarily against words, but it is well aware of their limitations.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

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.

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

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

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

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

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.

The path of insight is a path of discovery, not a path of creation. We are discovering what is already there.

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

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

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

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

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

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

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

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

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

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

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

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

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

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

In Zen there must be satori; there must be a general mental upheaval which destroys the old accumulations of intellection and lays down the foundation for a new life.

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

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

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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.

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

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

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

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

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.