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.
AJAHN CHAHInvestigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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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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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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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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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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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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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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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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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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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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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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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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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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