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.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

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

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

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

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

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are not our thoughts.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.

In meditation, we're not trying to get rid of thoughts but to recognize their true nature.

The law of nature is the law of cause and effect. As you sow, so shall you reap.

When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions.

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

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

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.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

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

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

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

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

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

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 purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

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

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

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

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

Devotion is the head of meditation, as is often said. When you are inspired by some spiritual teacher, you can have a very strong connection with that person, and thereby the blessings can enter.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

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

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

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

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

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

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

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

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

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

Personal experience is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

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

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

In my youth I studied, in my prime I practiced, now all my doubts are cleared.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to reduce our selfishness and to work for the benefit of others.