The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

The practice of mindfulness is the practice of being alive in the present moment.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophical system but a practical guide to living.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

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

The path to liberation requires both understanding and practice, both pariyatti and patipatti.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

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

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

The root of suffering is not in the world outside us but in our own minds.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

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 Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.