20 Quotes by Ayya Khema

If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make our inquires. We all have the answers within ourselves, we just have not got in touch with them yet. The potential of finding the truth within requires faith in ourselves.

Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.

The Buddha compared anger with picking up hot coals with one’s bare hands and trying to throw them at the person with whom one is angry. Who gets burned first? The one who is angry of course.

A truly happy person is someone who is joyfully independent of outer conditions.

Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish as trying to achieve something in the material world. There’s nothing to achieve. There’s only letting go. As we let go, more and more, of ego identifications, desires, and support systems, bliss will arise.

If we do not try, we will not know.

If we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to love, we are looking for spiritual growth.

The heart is always the place to go. Go home into your heart, where there is warmth, appreciation, gratitude and contentment.

To look for total satisfaction in oneself is a futile endeavor. Since everything changes from moment to moment, where can self and where can satisfaction be found? Everybody is unhappy simply because of unfilled desire. Everybody is looking for something that isn’t available.