If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
AJAHN CHAHWhen you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don’t see it have no light in their hearts.
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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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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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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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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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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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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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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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