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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.

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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Down Every Keep Lying Mindful Posture Practice Sitting Stand Steady Walk
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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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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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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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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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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