“Peace is not important; absence of suffering is important.”
“The meditating mind stays with the awareness, not with the experience.”
“Mindfulness only happens now, not in the future.”
“Many yogis tell me that meditation is difficult. What they are actually saying is that they cannot get what they want.”
“When meditation is difficult, craving is the problem.”
“If we know nature, we can use nature. The mind is also nature.”
“Awakening is equated by the Buddha with understanding. Understanding comes somatically, affectively and cognitively.”
“Craving always wants the result. Wisdom pays attention to the causes.”
“You will get attached to whatever you do again and again without awareness and wisdom. This is the nature of delusion.”
“When you do any investigation, you must always remember that the mind is doing its own work. If you identify with this process, it becomes very complicated.”
“When awareness is weak, the mind cannot learn.”
“Just ask the question, don’t look for the answer. The answer will come as soon as the mind has gathered enough data.”
All quotes by Sayadaw U Tejaniya