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

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

External phenomena are like a dream, whatever appears is not real. Recognize the nature of dream-like phenomena to be dream-like.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

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.

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

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

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

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 root of all mind is your own present pure awareness. Rest in that essence without seeking elsewhere.

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

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

The dharma is not outside of you. Looking for it elsewhere is like placing a Buddha on your head while searching for him everywhere else.