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Time is our present breath.
The heart is the only book worth reading.
Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.
If we see suffering then we don't have suffering.
We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.
If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.
When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it.
The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun.
Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.
Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.
When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.
If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don't see it have no light in their hearts.
Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don't interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, 'Why was I born?' Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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.
There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves
Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.'
The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.