Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

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

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

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

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

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

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

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

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

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

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

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

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

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

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

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

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

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

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

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

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

The most important things in our practice are our physical posture and our way of breathing.

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

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

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

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

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

Concentration develops naturally through continuous noting. Don't try to force concentration to arise.

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

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 practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

The door of your heart can only be opened from the inside.

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

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

Our emotions are like waves in the ocean. We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.

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

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

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

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

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.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

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

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

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

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

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

The greatest obstacle to meditation is our expectation about what it should be.

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.

Zazen is not step-by-step meditation. Rather it is simply the easy and pleasant practice of a Buddha, the realization of the Buddha's Wisdom.

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

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.

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

True love is not for the faint-hearted.