If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
AJAHN CHAHWhen sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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Time is our present breath.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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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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The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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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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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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