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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.

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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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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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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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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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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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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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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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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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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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