In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
AJAHN CHAHThe 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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Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
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Time is our present breath.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises.
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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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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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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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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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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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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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