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

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

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

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

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

The cultivation of loving-kindness has the power to transform enmity into amity, hostility into hospitality.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

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

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

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

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

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

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

The purpose of Buddhist practice is not to become a Buddhist but to awaken to the nature of reality.

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

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 Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.