In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
AJAHN CHAHYou will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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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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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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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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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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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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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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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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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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Read yourself, not books. Truth isn’t outside, that’s only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle – if you don’t fill it, it’s useless.
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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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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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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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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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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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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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