Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
AJAHN CHAHRead 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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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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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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 want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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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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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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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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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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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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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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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 listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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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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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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