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Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.

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We no longer demand that sensory consciousness be anything other than an existing condition that we can use skillfully according to time and place.
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Anything Condition Consciousness Demand Existing Longer Place Sensory Skillfully Time
Meditation is a skilful letting go: gently but with resolution.
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Let Go Letting Meditation Resolution Skillful Tranquility
The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no longer seek it as an end in itself.
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End Goal Lie Longer Lying Reject Rejection See Sensual Understand World
The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable.
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Being Buddhist Enlighten Human Ignorant Mind Spiritual
A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.
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It’s an effulgence of the mind. It’s a brightness that is truly sensitive and accepting. It’s an ability to accept life as it is.
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Ability Accept Brightness Effulgence Life Mind Sensitive Truly
We no longer expect the sensory world to satisfy us.
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Expect Longer Satisfy Sensory World
The problem is grasping the clock. So what do I do? Let it go, lay it aside – put it down gently without any kind of aversion. Then I can pick it up again, see what time it is and lay it aside when necessary.
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Again Aside Aversion Clock Down Grasp Necessary Problem
I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.
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Anymore Contemplated Greed Peace Seek Tranquillity
Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.
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Become Buddhism Expert Go Letting World
When we accept life as it is, we can respond appropriately to the way we’re experiencing it, rather than just reacting out of fear and aversion.
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The empty mind – the pure mind – is not a blank, zero-land, where you’re not feeling or caring about anything.
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Anything Caring Empty Feeling Land Mind Pure Zero
We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.
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Approach Direct Happy Look Reliable Suffer Took Trying
One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them, and investigate the present reality, the present experience with them. Then, and only then, can one insightfully know the truth beyond words.
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Beyond Contemplate Experience Insight Investigate Listen Present Read Think Truth Word
Suttas are not meant to be ‘sacred scriptures’ that tell us what to believe.
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Believe Buddhism Buddhist Sacred Scripture Suttas Tell
The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.
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Condition Fix Ignorant Mind Person
Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone should behave. But it is not our task to create an ideal. It’s our task to see how it is, and to learn from the world as it is. For the awakening of the heart, conditions are always good enough.
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Always Behave Condition Everone Heart Ideal Imagine Perfect Task
Whatever you think you are, that’s not what you are.
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