People can be free from suffering if people give up selfish desires for power, wealth, and pleasure.

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does anything...

Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does anything...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are...

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are...

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a...

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up....

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up....

Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are...

Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others....

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others....

His efforts has made load of my karma been removed, and I am now free...

His efforts has made load of my karma been removed, and I am now free...

Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.

Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...