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

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

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

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

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

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

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

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

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

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.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

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

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

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

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

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

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

The root of suffering is attachment.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

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

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.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

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

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

To live is enough.

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

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

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

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.

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

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.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

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

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

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

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

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

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

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.