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

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

The world is its own magic.

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

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

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

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.

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

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

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

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.

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

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

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

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

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

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

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

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

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

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

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

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.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

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

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

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

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

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

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

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

To live is enough.

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

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 practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

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

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

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.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

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

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

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

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

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

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

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.