Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
AJAHN CHAHHear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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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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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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You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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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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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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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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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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