Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
AJAHN CHAHYour only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don’t have to run away.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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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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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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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities.
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See 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.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
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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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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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