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

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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...

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...

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does...

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does...

You only lose what you cling to.

You only lose what you cling to.

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

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

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...

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

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...

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...

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...

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...

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a...

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a...

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...

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,...

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.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

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...

Understand Karma: No debt in the universe goes unpaid.

Understand Karma: No debt in the universe goes unpaid.

As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma

As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma

If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and...

If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and...

And How and Where and Who.

And How and Where and Who.