But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
AJAHN CHAHIf you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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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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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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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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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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