Dhamma Wisdom: “Genuine Wealth”
“Silena bhoga-sampada: A person with virtue has wealth. In terms of external wealth, all the things that we search out for our livelihood will be Right Livelihood.
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Dhamma Wisdom: “Forcing the Fruit”
“Don’t get angry with people who can’t yet do the practice. Just keep on teaching them. When their faculties mature, they’ll be ready to accept what you say. If you keep on acting in this way, problems fall away. It’s…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Fix It Right Here”
“This practice is called the practice of the Dhamma. If you can see every day, if you can try to see continually into your mind, then even if you’re doing work, you’ll see. Try to see with every moment. You…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Filling the Glass”
“The way that people think once they’re born is that, having been born, they don’t want to die. Is that the right way to think? Take this glass here. If we pour water into it and yet don’t want it…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Feeding Through the Mouth”
“People who are intelligent: You don’t have to teach a lot. People who are not intelligent: No matter how much you teach them, they don’t understand. But this depends on the teacher, too. By and large, we teach when we’re…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Everything Gathers in the Ocean”
“The water in the ocean comes from little rivers. They flow into the ocean from different directions, but they all come together there. It’s the same when we meditate. We all bring the mind to stillness, and then we practice…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Eating the Hook”
“When people are deluded, they deludedly see that hair of the head, hair of the body, nails, teeth, and skin are wonderful things. Beautiful. It’s like a fish biting a hook. Whether it’s biting the hook or biting the bait,…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Eating Out of the Shit-pot”
“To see things as empty means seeing that there’s nothing there. You see that this spittoon is there, you see a cup and a plate, and the cup and the plate are there. It’s not that they’re not there, but…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Dyeing the Cloth”
“Our Lord Buddha wanted us to get our foundation in good shape first, get everything clear and clean first. It’s like building a house or a building. We have to inspect the ground, the area where we’re going to put…
Dhamma Wisdom: “Dye in the Mind”
“It’s like rain water, which is water that’s clear and clean. Its clarity is normally clean. But if we put green or yellow dye into it, the water will turn green or yellow. It’s the same with the mind. When…