In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
AJAHN CHAHKnow and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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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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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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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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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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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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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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