Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

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

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

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

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

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

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.

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

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

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

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfection.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

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

The nature of all things is like a magical illusion, a mirage, a dream, a reflection of the moon in water.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Compassion is not something we develop. It arises naturally as we see the truth of what is.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

The way to change the world is to change your own mind.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

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

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

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 purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

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

To what shall I compare this life? It is like a boat that left at dawn, leaving no trace.

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

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

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

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

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.