Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
AJAHN CHAHBreathing 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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find 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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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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These days people don’t search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable.
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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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