To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
AJAHN CHAHIf you let go completely you will have complete peace.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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When we conquer ourselves, then everything will be conquered: oneself, others, and all the sense objects as well, coming in by way of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body — it will all get conquered like this.
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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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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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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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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
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Do not be in a hurry or try to push your practice. If you become peaceful, then accept it,; if you don’t become peaceful, then accept that also.
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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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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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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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We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way.
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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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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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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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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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Things are simply the way they are. They don’t give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering?
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.
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Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and be empty. It’s like a letter – you have to open it before you can know what’s in it.
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To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree’s point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.
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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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No. It’s simply a thorn. It doesn’t give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately.
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