Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.
Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
Our problems, all come from nothing; they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist.
The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings.
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds’s own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.
The key to finding a happy balance in modern life is simplicity.
There is no armor like perseverance.
More important than finding the teacher is finding and following the truth of the teaching...
Just because we go through a difficult situation, it doesn’t mean that the future is predetermined. The future is very much in our hands, in our actions.