The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

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

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

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

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.

Just to be alive is enough.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

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.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

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

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Birth and death are neither two things nor one thing. Life is not an appearance, death is not a disappearance.

Ethical conduct is not a constraint upon our freedom but a condition of our freedom.

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 path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

The menu is not the meal.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

Those who grasp at things as truly existent are like someone trying to catch the reflection of the moon in water.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

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

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Recognize the emptiness of all phenomena, but do not become attached to emptiness itself.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

The path is not about moving from one place to another. It's about recognizing where we already are.

The essence of Buddhism is not a belief system but a systematic investigation of our experience.