Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
AJAHN CHAHThe heart of the path is quite easy.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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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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If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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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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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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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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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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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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To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.
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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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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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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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