When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

Buddhist practice is not to eliminate life's problems but to grow with them patiently and with compassion.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

Where there is great doubt, there is great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening.

The practice of meditation is like tuning an instrument. Too tight, and the strings break. Too loose, and they won't play.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

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

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

When we recognize that our thoughts are just thoughts, we can choose whether or not to follow them.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

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

Mindfulness is the quality and power of mind that is aware of what's happening—without judgment and without interference.

In meditation, we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

Panic, anxiety, and stress are not obstacles to the practice. They are the path to wisdom and compassion.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

Generosity generates its own enthusiasm. We don't have to force ourselves to be generous; we just need to start.

The great gift of meditation is that it returns us to the simplicity of our own being.

Our own life has to be our message.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

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

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

The deepest happiness comes from having an enduring sense of purpose, one that gives our lives meaning beyond the endless pursuit of pleasure and success.

The essence of meditation is not something complicated or exotic. It is simply taking a break from our habitual patterns.

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

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

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct way possible, without resorting to anything external or superadded.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.