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.

The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.

Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.

Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.

We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.