To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
AJAHN CHAHIf suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Time is our present breath.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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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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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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