We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
AJAHN CHAHOf 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?
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
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Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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If we see suffering then we don’t have suffering.
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You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts.
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When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
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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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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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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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It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can’t see with the eye or hear with the ear.
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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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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?
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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view.
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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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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.
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The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
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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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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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Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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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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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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We can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.
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