In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
AJAHN CHAHOnly one book is worth reading: the heart.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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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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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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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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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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