Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
AJAHN CHAHAnything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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This is the nature of the mind. We must find our own practice and persevere.
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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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If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain.
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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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Raise families and look after themselves, that’s all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise!
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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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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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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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Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that–don’t be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain.
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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 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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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another’s explanation our defilements will disappear.
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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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