Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

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

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

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

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.

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

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

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

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

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

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

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

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

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

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