The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
AJAHN CHAHMental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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.
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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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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Time is our present breath.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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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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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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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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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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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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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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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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