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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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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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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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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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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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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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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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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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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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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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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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