"It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice"
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"The Buddha said that if we know how to look deeply into our suffering and recognize what feeds it, we are already on the path of emancipation."
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"I am you and you are me; it is obvious we inter-are."
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"The electron is first of all your concept of the electron."
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"Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a kind of nonviolence."
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"When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us."
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"We have to look deeply at things in order to see. When a swimmer enjoys the clear water of the river, he or she should also be able to be the river."
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"Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well. We have to eat, drink, consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our bodies and our consciousness, showing ingratitude toward our ancestors, our parents, and future generations."
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"The problem that faces us is the problem of awakening. What we lack is not an ideology or doctrine that will save the world. What we lack is mindfulness of what we are, of what our situation really is. We need to wake up in order to rediscover our human sovereignty. We are riding a horse that is running out of control. The way of salvation is a new culture in which human beings are encouraged to rediscover their deepest nature."
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"We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome."
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"Often, we feel that we need a leader outside of ourselves -a Buddha, a Gandhi, or a Martin Luther King, Jr.- to show the way. But we have the Buddha inside of us. We have Gandhi and King inside of us as well. We are interconnected. We don't need to wait for some other person to be the change we want to see in the world"
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"To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us."
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"We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war with ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others."
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"By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better & prepare for a better future."
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"Our walking is not a means to an end. We walk for the sake of walking."
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"The miracle is to walk on the earth."
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"I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life. We cannot support any act of killing; no killing can be justified. But not to kill is not enough ... If in your thinking you allow the killing to go on, you also break this precept. We must be determined not to condone killing, even in our minds."
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"Be peace, don't just talk about it."
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"Happiness does not come from consumption of things."
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"Inside every one of us is a garden, and every practitioner has to go back to their garden and take care of it. Maybe in the past, you left in untended for a long time. You should know exactly what is going on in your own garden, and try to put everything in order. Restore the beauty; restore the harmony in your garden. If it is well tended, many people will enjoy your garden."
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