Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

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

Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

The teaching of the Buddha is based on two truths: conventional truth and ultimate truth. Without understanding the relationship between these two, the deeper meaning of the Buddha's teaching cannot be understood.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

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

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 purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

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

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

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

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

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

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

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

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

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

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

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

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

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

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

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

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

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

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

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

Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.

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

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

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

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

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

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

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