You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
AJAHN CHAHIf we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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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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Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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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 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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