The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

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

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

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

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

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

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

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind.

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

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

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

In the moment of pure noting, there is no self - only the knowing and the known.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

The menu is not the meal.

Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.