If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
AJAHN CHAHIn practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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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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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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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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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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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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