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“Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.”
“Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances.”
“One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.”
“Eventually, it boils down to two choices do I wish to experience this physical reality primarily through joy or do I want to experience it through suffering? Thats all there is to it. And since ea...”
“The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And when you know for yourselves that certain things are whol...”
“You must know your enemy to beat him at his own game, but be ready as well for the ultimate sacrifice, for nobody comes out of hell without a scratch.”
“Because of the Dharma, my mind was more free in prison than worldly people experience in the best of circumstances.”
“The light in meonly wants toreach the darkness in you.”
“We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy one word Zen. When asked What is the highest teaching of the Buddh...”
“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.”
“When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own.”
“By concentration is meant to know that all dharmas (elements of existence), from the very beginning have no nature of their own. They neither come into nor go out of existence. Because they are cau...”
“Of course the thinking mind must sooner or later be controlled, developed, and supplied with the force of will for a break-through to non-thinking, a direct experience of non-duality. But at what s...”
“We see that the vast majority of our suffering is needless, and simply arises from the misidentification with our thinking mind.”
“The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose;Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear.Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set ”
“What you know can never be the beyond. Whatever you experience is not the beyond. If there is any beyond, this movement of 'you' is absent. The absence of this movement probably is the beyond, but ...”
“Rage whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce com...”
“Society is a collection of selves perpetuating their myth.”
“I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.”
“Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we...”
