When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
AJAHN CHAHWhy are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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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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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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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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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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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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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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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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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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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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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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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
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