With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
AJAHN CHAHThere’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.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.
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The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
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We don’t meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
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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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All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much.
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Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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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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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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Mental activity is like a deadly poisonous cobra. If we don’t interfere with a cobra, how poisonous it may be, it simply goes its own away.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.
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