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.

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

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

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.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

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

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

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

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

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

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

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

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

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

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

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

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

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

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

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

Just to be alive is enough.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

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

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

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

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

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

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

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

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

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

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

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

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

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

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

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

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

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

The mind is like water. When it's turbulent, it's difficult to see. When it's calm, everything becomes clear.

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