Birth: June 17, 1918 Death: January 16, 1992
Only one book is worth reading: the heart..
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….
Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace..
If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled rig….
Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also. This….
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 ….
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 ….
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.
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 see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy..
When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing..
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a lit….
Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind..
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 f….
There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directl….
Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering? No. It's simply a thorn. It doe….
Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it..