If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
AJAHN CHAHA woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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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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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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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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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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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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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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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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