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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.

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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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If you let go a little you will have a little happiness.
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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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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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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 say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate?
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If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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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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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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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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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others.
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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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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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Better to begin practice without delay. I am like a good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won’t regret it.
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If you listen to the Dhamma teachings but don’t practice you’re like a ladle in a soup pot.
AJAHN CHAH

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