The heart of the path is quite easy.
AJAHN CHAHWell, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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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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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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