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The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

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.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

The world is its own magic.

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

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

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

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

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.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

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

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

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

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.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

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

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

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

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

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

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

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.

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

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

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

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

The mind itself is the maker of all happiness and misery; yet beings do not understand this and blame external conditions.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

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