Satipaṭṭhāna is mindfulness that knows body and mind. Satipaṭṭhāna is the direct path, the one and only path, that leads to purity and liberation.[……]
The heart of Dhamma practice lies in this: How can we awaken? How can true awareness arise within us?[……]
Saṃsāra is the most terrifying danger of all. An ordinary murderer, if he intends to kill us, can only kill us once. But this Saṃsāra kills us over and over, with no end in sight.[……]
This is what makes saṁsāra the most terrifying danger of all: it conceals suffering completely and thoroughly. We do not see how this saṁsāra brings suffering upon us.[……]
There is only one way to be free from suffering:
to develop Satipaṭṭhāna.[……]
In truth, we were born to elevate our minds
toward liberation from suffering. That is our true task.[……]
If we keep practicing, then when aging comes, it won’t feel as if we are aging—we will see that it is merely the body that ages, not us. When sickness arises, it is the body that is ill, not us. When death comes, it is the body that dies, not us. [……]
The true knower mind is weightless, extremely thin and light, silent and wordless.[……]
We must be strong. Don’t come half-heartedly, whining or seeking sympathy. Luangpu has no fondness for those who plead with their teachers—everyone who tries ends up being scolded. Don’t come to whine. Come to fight. The Dhamma is not for the faint of heart.[……]
If we are not lost, defilements cannot arise. Grasp this principle well: If we are not lost, if mindfulness (sati) is present, defilements absolutely cannot arise.[……]