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

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

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

Don't expect or desire anything. Just keep noting whatever arises in the present moment.

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.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

When you practice zazen you should not try to attain anything. You should just sit in the complete calmness of your mind and not rely on anything.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

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

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

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

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

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

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

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

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

The spiritual journey begins with the recognition that beneath our surface happiness there lies a deep inner pain.

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

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The practice of meditation is like learning to play an instrument - it takes patience, regular practice, and a gentle touch.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

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

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

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

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

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

The force of the kindness of others is so strong, we can't possibly measure it.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

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.

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

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

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

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

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.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

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

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

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 trying to change your experience; it's about changing your relationship to your experience.

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

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

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.