A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.
AJAHN CHAHAnything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe…
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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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When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.
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When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
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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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The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.
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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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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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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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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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Know and watch your heart. It’s pure but emotions come to colour it.
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If you haven’t cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn’t really begun.
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