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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.

Ajahn Chah

Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Find Important Inside Investigate Knowing Most Outside Truth
Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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Anything Become Buddhist Enlighten Trying
When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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Certainty Chew Need Ourselves Some Understanding
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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Car Different Direction Heart Light Moving Religion Same
Read 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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Book Bottle Memory Outside Read Wisdom Yourself
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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Aim Deeply Do Establishment Goddess Lying Mind Right Sink View
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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Attitude Close Eye Lying Practice Quick Sit
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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Anger Belong Deception Hold Obey Personal Possession Suffering
Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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Family Important Look Raise Smart Themselves Wise
What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Brightness Flashlight Great Help Ourselves Suffer
The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Cause Confuse Confusion Go Hold Letting Peaceful Song
Time is our present breath.
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Breath Our Present Time
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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Burden Cling Go Gone Happiness Letting Life Struggle Understand
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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Anybody Come Immediate Simply Suffering Thron
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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Battle Come Course Down Dozen Giving Just Let Meditation Technique
This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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Mind Nature Own Persevere Practice

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