Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
AJAHN CHAHIf you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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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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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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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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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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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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