Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

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.

Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them. What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.

Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.

We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one. When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.

You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.