Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
AJAHN CHAHWhen we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, ‘Oh, that sound’s bothering me.’ If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper,
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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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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A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn’t.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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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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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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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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