Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

Knowledge must be stabilized by meditation. Without meditation, knowledge is like a child in battle.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

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.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

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

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

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

Devotion is the head of meditation, as is often said. When you are inspired by some spiritual teacher, you can have a very strong connection with that person, and thereby the blessings can enter.

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

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

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

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.

When thoughts arise, recognize them as the display of your own awareness, like recognizing your own children in a crowd.

When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.