You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
AJAHN CHAHWhere does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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Read yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
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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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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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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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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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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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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.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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