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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.

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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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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 meditate?
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