If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
AJAHN CHAHLearn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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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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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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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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To 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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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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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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