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

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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...

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...

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.

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....

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,...

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...

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

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

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

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,...

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 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...

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

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...

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...

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 fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

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

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

Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make...

Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make...

The person desirous of success and strength should perform good karma continuously

The person desirous of success and strength should perform good karma continuously

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference...

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference...