The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

Just to be alive is enough.

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

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.

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

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

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

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

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

Without darkness, there is no light. Without the path, there is no arrival.

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

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

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

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

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

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

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

The Buddha's teaching is not about belief but about investigation, not about accepting but about examining.

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

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

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

Karma is not fate but the law of moral causation, showing us that we are the architects of our own destiny.

The mind of the past is ungraspable; the mind of the future is ungraspable; the mind of the present is ungraspable.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

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

Zen is not necessarily against words, but it is well aware of their limitations.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

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.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

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

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

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.

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

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

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

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

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.