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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.

Ajahn Chah

People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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Blind Bother Death Feast Fine Food Idea Ignore Party People Toilet
This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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Mind Nature Own Persevere Practice
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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Anybody Celebrate Confidence Going Keep Know Mind Simply
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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Centre Come Door Into Job Room Visit Window
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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Anywhere Go Learn Like Read 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
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.
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Anyone Ask Experience Flavour Longer Practice Problem Solve Taste Teaching
If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Have See Suffer
You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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Actor Everything Kind Scene Story Temptation Witness
Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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Attach Happen Letter Mind Open Sad Suffer
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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Bother Deeper Hear Investigate Meditation Sound Suffer Think
Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Attach Fall Light Meditation Rise Vision
All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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All Friend Good Matter Merely Practice Regret Something Speak Word
If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Begun Dhamma Dislike Follow Like Still
We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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Another Arise Defliment Develop Disappear Explain Listen Meditation Need Oneself Understanding
All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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Animal Clearly Drink Kind Nature Pool Thing Wonderful

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