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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the…
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with the ear.…
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When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the…
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we…
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise…
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Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest…
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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else,…
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the…
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Seize every opportunity you have to learn. Keep your eyes and ears wide open and seize life — don't let the moments…
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Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook
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(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.
— Andres Segovia
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He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher.
— Elaine Pagels
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Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect ... Your…
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not…
— Ajahn Chah
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I'm my own teacher and a student of life's lessons.
— TheoneIkeh
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