Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

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

The movement of love is what creates the beauty in our lives.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

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

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

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

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

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