Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Life is available only in the present moment.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

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.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

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

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

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

The world is its own magic.

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 end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

Sticking with uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path.

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