If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
AJAHN CHAHThe serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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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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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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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.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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To practice Dhamma means to observe and examine oneself.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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