"‘Try to make the mind stay with just a single Dhamma theme—its meditation word.’ Don’t get involved with other topics…"

"However much Dhamma the Buddha taught, we gather it all to our own confusion. It’s as if we were building a hut and y…"

"‘External feelings’ refer to physical feelings, feelings of pleasure, pain, and neither pleasure nor pain in the vari…"

"Your basic problem is that you don’t yet know yourself inside and simply want to know what’s outside. This will only …"

"Karuna is most needed to alleviate the suffering of the earth. Karuna moves the hearts of people to alleviate the suf…"

"If we have that presence of mind then whatever work we do will be the very tool which enables us to know right and wr…"

"When the mind sees this, it will rid itself of attachment which holds that "I" am beautiful, "I" am good, "I" am evil…"

"The real basis of Buddhism is full knowledge of the truth of reality. If one knows this truth then no teaching is nec…"

"So don't be in a hurry and try to push or rush your practice. Do your meditation gently and gradually step by step. I…"

"It is not proper to watch other people. This will not help your practice. If you are annoyed, watch the annoyance in …"