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When any situation arises, always contemplate it through the lens of Dhamma. Don’t let yourself get carried away by the defilements, or else you will become their victim. Try to reflect on the Dhamma at all times. When something happens,…

We are like a little chick who still cannot escape the hawk’s beak. Try to save yourself first, then think about persuading and worrying about others. Since I left home, I never thought about home at all. I never returned…

When you are suffering, chant a lot of prayers, meditate on Samma Arahang frequently. No one can help us as much as we can help ourselves. February 27, 1982

Khun Yai reflected to herself, “In this world and in the Dhamma, one cannot rely on others. We must rely on ourselves. We cannot depend on anyone else at all.” May 24, 1981

Having been born, we should know how to teach ourselves. I myself don’t see the need for anyone to teach me at all. I can do everything even though I am completely illiterate. Everything can be observed and then used…

Look deeply, understand yourself clearly. Look from the rough perspective first, see how you are. Look to understand completely. Then look in detail, step by step. When you look at yourself until you understand, then you can understand everything else,…

Here is the updated English translation: During the time Luang Por Wat Paknam was teaching the super-advanced meditation group, he asked everyone practicing, “Do you know why we practice this?” He asked each person one by one. Some replied, “To…

I look everywhere and see clearly that in this world, in the elements, in all of Dharma, there is no one who can help me except myself. So I have always tried to help myself. Who can help with our…

As humans, we must seek blessings for ourselves in order for life to prosper. We must think of and seek out blessings for ourselves, thinking only of good and auspicious things, for the mind to flourish. If the mind is…

Let us create more and more goodness for ourselves. When our merit is as great as a mountain, nothing can block it or cover it up. Everyone will see our goodness. Remember my words well, okay? We create goodness, create…

We must think carefully that this life is our last. The last life we will have the chance to improve ourselves. It’s the last life, so we must improve ourselves to the fullest. We must make a lot of merit,…

In the end, only we ourselves can help us. We cannot rely on others. We must rely on our own merit and determination. If we focus our minds inward at the center of the body, knowledge will be boundless and…