The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the teaching is not ourselves. It is some explanation of ourselves. To study the teaching is to know yourselves. That is why we do not ever attach to the teaching, or to the teacher. The moment you meet a teacher you should leave the teacher, and you should be independent. You want a teacher so that you can be independent. So you study yourselves. You have the teacher for yourselves, not for the teacher.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.

We have to study with our warm heart, not just with our brain.

We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.

To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.

And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To do something new, of course we must know our past, and this is alright. But we should not keep holding onto anything we have done; we should only reflect on it. And we must have some idea of what we should do in the future. But the future is the future, the past is the past; now we should work on something new.

There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.