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

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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...

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

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

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

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...

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...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

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...

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.

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 didnt learn a lot today,...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didnt learn a lot today,...

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...

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...

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...

Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result...

Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result...

A person may desire to live for hundreds of years if he works according to...

A person may desire to live for hundreds of years if he works according to...

I believe that my life's gonna see the love I give returned to me.

I believe that my life's gonna see the love I give returned to me.

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...