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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.

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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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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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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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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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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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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 see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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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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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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