Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

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

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

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

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.

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.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

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.

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

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

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

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

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

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

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

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

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.

Zen is a way of life, not a theory or a piece of knowledge to be stored away in our minds.

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

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

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

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

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

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

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

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

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

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.

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

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

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

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

The moment you note a thought, it disappears. The noting mind keeps the hindrances away.

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

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

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.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

The cultivation of loving-kindness has the power to transform enmity into amity, hostility into hospitality.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

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

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

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

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

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