What is this experience we call the breath?
When we are with people and feeling bored, can we listen a little more carefully, stepping off the train of …
Decreasing of your disturbing emotions and your mind becoming more peaceful.
When you are trying to proceed on the path, you should not be looking for external signs of accomplishment, such …
The mind both creates and perceives samsara and nirvana, and the nature of mind is emptiness.
Your body is composed of the five aggregates, and your mind of the various kinds of consciousness. Your name, or …
All of samsara and nirvana are your own mind
All of samsara and nirvana are your own mind, They don’t arise from anything else in the slightest. Everything, such …
Conquer your mind’s five poisons and your eight worldly concerns
No matter where you stay, be it a busy place or a solitary retreat, the only things that you need …
Bodhicitta will bring you to Buddhahood.
A boat carries you to the other side of the river. A needle stitches up your clothes. A horse takes …
Be useful, honorable, compassionate, make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, …
Use earthenware dishes as if they were silver
He is a great man who uses earthenware dishes as if they were silver; but he is equally great who …
If you hear good or bad news that stirs up hopes and fears
If you hear good or bad news that stirs up hopes and fears, don’t regard it as true. Neither reject …
Are you sure you’re going to live for ten more years?
Are you sure you’re going to live for ten more years? Forget it! You can’t even guarantee that you will …