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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.

Ajahn Chah

There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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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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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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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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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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To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
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The heart is the only book worth reading.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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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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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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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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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.

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