Worldly afflictions are as extensive as an ocean, noisy and clamorous; but they all arise from the thoughts in your own mind. When not a single thought is conceived, you are liberated from them all.

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Things in themselves are void, so never cling to Voidness lest you stray [into] formalism.

As human beings we have good qualities as well as bad ones. Now, anger, attachment, jealousy, hatred, are the bad side; these are the real enemy…The true troublemaker is inside.

A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.

Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.

Nothing is born, nothing is destroyed. Away with your dualism, your likes and dislikes. Every single thing is just the One Mind.

Have not been smoking since last Monday. Phew!!! recalled the first time I quit smoking in 1998. Stopped for three years and regretted of picking it back due to relation issues. Well, it may be an excuse to some of you and I do agreed it. Really hope that I will succeed in quitting the second time even the cigarettes are cheap here. Just NT$50/- ( Read more... )

Take no pleasure in worldly talk;
Take delight in what passes beyond the world.
Cause good qualities to grow in others
In the same way (you wish them) for yourself.

***If you can forget both clamor and silence, you will surely understand the simultaneous realization of the absolute and the relative***

In your meditation you yourself are the mirror reflecting the solution of your problems. The human mind has absolute freedom within its true nature. You can attain your freedom intuitively. Do not work for freedom, rather allow the practice itself to be liberation.