A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
AJAHN CHAHOnce you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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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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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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Time is our present breath.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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