Category Dharma Wisdom

“With the Dhamma, it’s like going to the home of friends or relatives and they give you some fruit. When you take the fruit in your hand, you don’t know whether it’s sour, sweet, or unripe. In other words, if…

“Your duty is to plant a tree, water it, and fertilize it, that’s all. Whether it’s going to grow fast or grow slowly, that’s not your duty. It’s the duty of the tree. You can stand there complaining about it…

“The Buddha emphasized that we should think about what we’re doing as days and nights fly past, fly past. If we know what we’re doing, we have a refuge we can depend on. For example, if you do something right…

“When we understand that the movements of the mind have to be the way they are on their own, that’s the way they are. They don’t “why” anyone at all. The problem is that we latch onto things. It’s like…

“As soon as there’s anything unskillful in your thoughts, words, and deeds, remove it. Don’t let it hang around for a long time. It’s like a wound appearing in your body, or a thorn sticking into your foot. You want…

“If you close your eyes, you won’t see any light. Things won’t be bright. When things aren’t bright, you don’t see light and colors. You don’t see your way. The Dhamma of study is like your eyes. Your eyes help…

“I want us all to have endurance—enduring until there’s no more endurance. In other words, as soon as you see the truth, you let go. When you let go, you see peace arising. When peace arises, you don’t have to…

“When we see emptiness, the King of Death can’t catch up with us. Death can’t reach us. Why? Because there’s no “us.” There are just piles of form, piles of feelings, piles of perceptions, piles of fabrications, piles of consciousness,…

“We’ve seen that this bowl, no matter where you put it, will someday have to break. This plate, no matter where you put it, will someday have to break. But we have to teach our children to wash these things…

“With the Dhamma, it’s not the case that you’ll awaken because someone else tells you about it. You already know that you can’t get serious about asking whether this is that or that is this. These things are really personal.…