Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.
AJAHN CHAHSteady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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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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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 you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
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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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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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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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If you haven’t wept deeply, you haven’t begun to meditate.
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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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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
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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.’
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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