“When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.”

“What we call life...is the combination of the Five Aggregates, a combination of physical and mental energies. These are constantly changing; they do not remain the same for two consecutive moments. Every moment they are born and they die. 'When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.' This, even now during this life time, every moment we are born and die, but we continue. If we can understand that in this life we can continue without a permanent, unchanging substance like Self or Soul, why can't we understand that those forces themselves can continue without a Self or a Soul behind them after the non-functioning of the body?”

“All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“Como la estrella fugaz, el espejismo, la llama,la ilusión mágica, la gota de rocío, la burbuja en el agua, como el sueño, el relámpago o la nube:considera así todas las cosas.”

“Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness’ — then you should enter & remain in them.[Kalama Sutta, AN 3.65]”

“To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.”