You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
AJAHN CHAHLook at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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