Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves
To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.'
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.