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.
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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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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