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.
AJAHN CHAHIf we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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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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The heart of the path is quite easy.
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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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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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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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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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