Birth: June 17, 1918 Death: January 16, 1992
You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditat….
The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still..
The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement..
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….
One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain. Another ….
You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least..
Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he's got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose t….
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again..
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 it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good..
If you let go completely you will have complete peace..
We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering..
Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead..
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..
People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the t….
The heart is the only book worth reading..
If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate..
Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing 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 the….
Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a t….
If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don't practice you're like a ladle in a soup pot. The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn't kn….