No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
AJAHN CHAH
Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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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 teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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