When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
AJAHN CHAHIf we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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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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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 want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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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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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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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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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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