Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
AJAHN CHAHTo 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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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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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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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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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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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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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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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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