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

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

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

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

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

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

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.

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

When mindfulness is weak, defilements are strong; when mindfulness is strong, defilements are weak.

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

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

The key to meditation is to recognize the nature of your mind rather than trying to change it.

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.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

The way to overcome anger is to be too busy being kind to have time to be angry.

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

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

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

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

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

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

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

Zen is not necessarily against words, but it is well aware of their limitations.