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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.

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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Colour Emotion Heart Pure Watch
Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Breathe Have Importance See Time
Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Book Heart Reading Worth
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Again Born
If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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Dharma Good Inspire Lie Mindfulness
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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Bird Branch Come Eat Forest Fruit Sweet Tree View
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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Arahant Both Know Madman Smile
To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
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Buddhism Habit Interest Issue Meditation Mind Observe Own Pattern Practice Running Solve Story Untrained Watch
Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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Colour Emotion Feeling Heart Investigate Know Mind Pure
To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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Empty Existence Flow Lasting Peace Pleasure Self Stable True Vold World
If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Have See Suffer
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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Centre Come Door Into Job Room Visit Window
Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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Attachment Free Just Learn No Simply Struggle
Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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Actual Run Suffer Toward Try
Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Anything Let Go Meditate Remember Rid Thing
Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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Attitude Close Eye Lying Practice Quick Sit

There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.

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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.

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