Birth: June 17, 1918 Death: January 16, 1992
If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen..
Time is our present breath..
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 w….
If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look. Truth is all ther….
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 f….
I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits. To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or wh….
In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind. Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless.….
One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from….
When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy..
If we see suffering then we don't have suffering..
Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the ….
If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate..
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 ….
These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and look afte….
We say that to 'give up all evil and to develop the good' is the heart of the Buddha's teaching. If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad….
Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happ….
The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are..
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..
All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don't see it have no light in their hearts..
When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears,….
Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it..