If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever you look.
AJAHN CHAHWhen 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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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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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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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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We see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there’s nothing more to it. We leave it be.
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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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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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I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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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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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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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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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one’s own mind.
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Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.
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A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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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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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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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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What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind.
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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!
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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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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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