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 CHAH
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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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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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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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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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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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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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Then we don’t have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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When 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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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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