The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

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

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

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

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.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

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

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

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

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

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

To live is enough.

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

When we recognize that our thoughts are just thoughts, we can choose whether or not to follow them.

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

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

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.

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

The Four Noble Truths are not merely theoretical propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our experience.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

Just to be alive is enough.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

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

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 more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

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

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

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

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

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

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

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

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

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

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

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

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do 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.

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.

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

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

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.