If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
AJAHN CHAHIf we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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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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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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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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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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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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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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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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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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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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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Time is our present breath.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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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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