Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
AJAHN CHAHAnything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
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The only way to experience it is to put the teachings into practice. Once you taste it, you are no longer in any doubt about its flavour and you do not have to ask anyone else. The problem is solved.
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
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In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
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Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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Time is our present breath.
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To know existence as this flow, empty of lasting pleasure, void of self, is to find that which is stable and free of suffering, to find true peace in the world.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.
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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.
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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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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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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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