Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
AJAHN CHAHThe heart is the only book worth reading.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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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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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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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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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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Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
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