Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

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

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

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

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

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

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.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

The root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

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

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

The greatest obstacle to meditation is our expectation about what it should be.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.

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

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

The great gift of meditation is that it returns us to the simplicity of our own being.

The mind is like a room with many windows. Open them all and let the fresh air in.

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.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.