Birth: June 17, 1918 Death: January 16, 1992
Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes….
The heart is the only book worth reading..
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 ….
The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming a….
Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one..
The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you..
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 ….
Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that….
The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement..
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't..
Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't f….
Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace..
Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we have ti….
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer..
Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kind….
Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go..
If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities. Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not e….
Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher..
Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will ….
To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself..
If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma..