Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he’s got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
AJAHN CHAHThe Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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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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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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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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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Time is our present breath.
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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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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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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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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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