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

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

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

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

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

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

In meditation, we're not trying to get rid of thoughts but to recognize their true nature.

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

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

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

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 nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

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.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

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

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

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

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

Our own life has to be our message.

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