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What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and nothin...more

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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

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How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in ...more

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Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

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First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;Third, r...more

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Attachment leads to suffering.

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You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

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Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one —himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others....more

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We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and...more

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There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

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Through countless births in the cycle of existence I have run, not finding although seeking the builder of this house; and again and again I faced the...more

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These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obt...more

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These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obt...more

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Bhikkus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning?The eye is burning, visible forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact ...more