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.
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.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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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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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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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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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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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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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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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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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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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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