Birth: June 17, 1918 Death: January 16, 1992
To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has no….
A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers. Well, if it really was her anger, t….
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.
Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind..
Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our g….
When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything..
We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer o….
If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good..
Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead..
You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least..
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 ….
At some point your heart will tell itself what to do..
We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything..
The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with the ear. The only way to experience it is to put the….
If you let go completely you will have complete peace..
Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don't believe others, just listen to your mind. You don't have to go anywhere else. Wisdom is in yourself,….
Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit. You will witness all kinds of scenes ….
Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It's like a letter -….
We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering..
If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun..
The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is t….