The direct experience gained through practice amidst the ongoing awareness of daily life is far more vivid and powerful than the experiences that arise during sitting meditation alone.
When it comes to Dharma practice, it is extremely crucial to refrain from conceptual elaboration; otherwise, one will find it difficult to attain genuine resonance with the practice.
One must understand the principle of emptiness. If a garbage bin is already filled with refuse, how can anything more be placed into it? It cannot. Only when it is empty can more be put inside
In the course of our daily lives, we must continuously work to eradicate afflictions at every moment and in every circumstance; only then can the mind live free from attachment and obstruction.
Just as a reflection appears in water, through meditation we come to discover ourselves. Human existence, after all, is like an ocean of suffering characterized by living and dying.
The world is impermanent. Life flows on like a current, incessant and without end; only through awakening can one transcend this stream of existence. Should we seek to step beyond it?