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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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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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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.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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