When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

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

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Just to be alive is enough.

The path is not about moving from one place to another. It's about recognizing where we already are.

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

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

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

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

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

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

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

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

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

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

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

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

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

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

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

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

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

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

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

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

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

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

What we learn about the world is colored by the way we approach it.

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

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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

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

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

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.