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.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

The Buddha's path is not about becoming somebody different but about becoming more and more who you really are.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

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

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

Suffering comes from our resistance to what is. Peace comes from our acceptance of what is.

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

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

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

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

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

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

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

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

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.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.