Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
AJAHN CHAHTime is our present breath.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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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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We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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The mind of one who practises doesn’t run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all.
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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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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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The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.
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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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