Breathing 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.
AJAHN CHAHTo 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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I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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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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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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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 serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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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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Sati is life. Whenever we don’t have sati, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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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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To observe and watch one’s own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.
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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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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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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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Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit.
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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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A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, ‘Why was I born?’ Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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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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