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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.

Ajahn Chah

Know 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.
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Colour Emotion Feeling Heart Investigate Know Mind Pure
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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Arahant Both Know Madman Smile
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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Attach Happen Letter Mind Open Sad Suffer
The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Book Heart Only Read Worth
There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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Away Beautiful Everywhere Follow Kind Running Suffer Two
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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Bring Complete Go Letting Little Lot Peace
If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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Bound Certainty Suffer Suffering Uncertain
If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Arise Away Contemplate Have Right Run Suffer
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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Come Dirty Earth Evaporate Rain Sky Through Urine Wash Water
Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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Family Important Look Raise Smart Themselves Wise
This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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Mind Nature Own Persevere Practice
With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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Clear Intuitive Little Teacher Wisdom World
You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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Doubt Knowing Look Own Teach Teacher
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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Free Freedom Happiness Lot
In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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Case Difficult Easily Mind Practice Thinking
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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Anger Away Command Really Tell Well

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