Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

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

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

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

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

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.

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

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

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.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

The purpose of meditation is to gain right understanding of the true nature of mental and physical phenomena.

Through continuous mindfulness practice, the true nature of physical and mental phenomena becomes clear.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

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

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

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.

The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

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

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

Each moment of clear seeing is a moment of freedom from the illusion of permanence, satisfaction, and self.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

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

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.

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

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.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

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

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

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

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

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

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

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

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

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

To live is enough.

Since all things are empty of inherent existence, anything is possible. If things had inherent existence, nothing would be possible.

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

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

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

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

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

The root of suffering is attachment.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.