But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
AJAHN CHAHTo 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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