In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

Mindfulness is not just bare attention but wise attention that leads to understanding and insight.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Compassion is not just about being kind to others. It's about being kind to ourselves as well.

We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

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

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

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

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

The mind is the source of all happiness and the source of all suffering.

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.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.