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.
AJAHN CHAHIf you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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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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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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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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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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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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