“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. The things we gain from Right Livelihood, even if they’re not much, are…
“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…
“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…
“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…
“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…
“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…
“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,…
“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…
“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…
“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…