You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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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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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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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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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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