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

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

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

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

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

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

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

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

The world is its own magic.

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

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

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

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

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

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

Those who grasp at things as truly existent are like someone trying to catch the reflection of the moon in water.

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

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

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

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

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

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

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

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

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

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

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

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

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

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

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

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

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

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

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

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

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

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

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

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

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

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

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

To live is enough.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

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.

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

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

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.

The realization of impermanence leads not to despair but to a deeper appreciation of the preciousness of each moment.

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