The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

External seeking only leads to exhaustion. When you imitate others, you lose your own authenticity.

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

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

The rising and falling of the abdomen is not the main object. The main object is to develop mindfulness, concentration, and insight.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

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

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

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

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

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

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

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

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

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

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

The practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

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

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that's all that's happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves a big deal and being really serious about it, wanting it to be like that forever. The gloriousness becomes tinged by craving and addiction. On the other hand, wretchedness--life's painful aspect--softens us up considerably. Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.