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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.

Ajahn Chah

But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
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Broken Glass Know Minute Precious
Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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Arise Doe Peace Something
Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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Colour Emotion Heart Pure Watch
Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Find Important Inside Investigate Knowing Most Outside Truth
When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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Arise Cause Fruit Right Suffer View Wrong
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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Ask Born Day Every Good Morning Night Practice Question Sincerely Yourself
Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Come From Suffering
When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Beyond Cling Happiness Happy Longer Self Stop
The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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Actually Distribute Grab Out Sound Went
Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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Bother Learn Mirror Reflection Them Thing Understanding
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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Change Coming Meditation Out Posture Sit
The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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Feeling Heart Just Thought
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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Anywhere Away Evil Mind Practice Right Run Running Stay
Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are – no holding on, no attachment, free.
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Attachment Free Just Learn No Simply Struggle
Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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Attach Fall Light Meditation Rise Vision
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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Bad Bowl Completion Day Doing Make Merit Outside Overturn Rain Stop Thing

When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.

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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.

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