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

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

Your mind is like a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

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

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

We need the courage to learn from our experience and the wisdom to be willing to change and grow.

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

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

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

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

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

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

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

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

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

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

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

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

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

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

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

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.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

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

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

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

Just to be alive is enough.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

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

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

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking.

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

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The root of happiness is altruism — the wish to be of service to others.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

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

Every experience is an opportunity to practice awareness.

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.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

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

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

When you note pain, you are not trying to make it go away. You are trying to understand its true nature.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.