Just as the great oceans have but one taste, the taste of salt, so too there is but one taste fundamental to all true teachings of the way, and this is the taste of freedom.

Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.

The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.

Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

Better than chanting a thousand words in a dead language is one soothing word spoken in the vernacular.

One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase.