Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of the desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring wood: all these I do in Zen.

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

The root of happiness is altruism — the wish to be of service to others.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

The practice of metta begins with oneself, for only when we have developed loving-kindness towards ourselves can we truly offer it to others.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

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

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

Trees, mountains, and vines all exist in nature according to their own truth. They are born and die following their nature. They remain this way because that's what they are. They don't practice meditation or do anything special.

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

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

The most important things in our practice are our physical posture and our way of breathing.