“In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That’s all.”

When you walking along naturally, you’re walking in the harmony of the Unborn.

An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything is perfectly managed by it.

Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond thought, so that no matter what, you never get involved with thoughts. Illuminate original mind, and no other understanding is necessary.

Conclusively realise that what is unborn and illuminating is truly awakened and without effort, rest naturally as the Unborn Mind. Resting in this way, you are a living Buddha.

Deep down, fundamentally, we are the ‘unborn’. We never came into being and we never go out of being. All of these coming and goings are just pulses in the pattern

Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.

If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.

The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable.

The best way to deal with excessive thinking is to just listen to it, to listen to the mind.

Buddhists say that a fixed smile, however false, lights up the soul.

The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.

It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.