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 fill it, it’s useless.
When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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 them, and find lightness.
If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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 help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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 our teacher.
We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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 know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
Time is our present breath.
Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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 enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.