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.
AJAHN CHAHWhere does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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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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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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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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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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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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 we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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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 haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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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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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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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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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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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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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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