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.
AJAHN CHAHIf you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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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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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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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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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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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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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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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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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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