No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
AJAHN CHAHTruth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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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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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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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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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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 it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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Once 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.
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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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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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