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

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

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

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

When you note effectively, there is no time for defilements to arise. The mind becomes pure through noting.

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

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.

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. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

Zen proposes its solution by directly appealing to facts of personal experience and not to book-knowledge.

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

The goal of meditation is not to achieve a blank mind, but to gain insight into the nature of mind itself.

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

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

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

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

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

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

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

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

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

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

The root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

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

Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

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

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

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

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

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.