All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
AJAHN CHAHSee the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
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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.
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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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If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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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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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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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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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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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.
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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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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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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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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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Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
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The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind.
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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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