Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another’s word for it.
AJAHN CHAHThis is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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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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Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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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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If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.
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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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The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
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If you let go completely you will have complete peace.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will suffer great pain.
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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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With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world.
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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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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them.
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