True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

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

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

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

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

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.

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

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

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

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but through understanding and through letting go.

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

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

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

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

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

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

When the mind is ready to understand, the truth will come to meet it.

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

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

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

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

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

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.

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.

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.

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 intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

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

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

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

Freedom is not found in the absence of difficulty, but in our relationship to it.

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

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.

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

Compassion is not just about being kind to others. It's about being kind to ourselves as well.

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

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

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

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