Rise and Fall, Deathless and Supreme Truth
The Dhammapada Verse 325 113. Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than …
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Focus instead on the good qualities of others
If we focus instead on the good qualities of others, our deluded pride will decrease and we will come to …
The disciple of all beings.
“If other people offer you advice, instead of thinking, ‘What business is it of yours to be making suggestions?’, respect …
Let your every deed and word and thought be those of one who might depart from this life this very moment.
Let your every deed and word and thought be those of one who might depart from this life this very …
The Mind Is Like Dough
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered this advice on the nature of the mind: “The mind is like dough, which means you …
By guarding your speech and actions they become graceful
By guarding your speech and actions they become graceful and pleasing to the eye and ear, while you yourself remain …
When you understand this process, you grow in insight.
You can grasp much of the Dhamma by reading about it in books or studying in suttas. That’s important, but …
Pay attention to the gap
“Pay attention to the gap – the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, …
Meditation is not a cheque to be cashed later in heaven.
“Meditation is not a cheque to be cashed later in heaven – the benefits are for this life – right …
A brightness, a radiant emptiness that is simply what you are.
“When you rest in quietness and your image of yourself fades, and your image of the world fades, and your …