To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

The Ill-directed mind can do to you even worse

All things that are born must die. Work hard for your own freedom from sorrow.

Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. The elephant hauls himself from the mud. In the same way drag yourself out of your sloth.

When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment

How deeply did you learn to let go?