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

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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

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

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

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.

The way is basically perfect. It is not a matter of practice or enlightenment.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

The essence of the spiritual journey is the uncovering of what is always already present.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

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.

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

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

The Buddha's teachings are not about abandoning our lives but about bringing the fullness of our attention to our lives.

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

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

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

The four foundations of mindfulness are not separate practices but different aspects of the same practice of clear awareness.

To see directly is to be free of hope and fear. Hope and fear are like a cloud before the sun.