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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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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.
AJAHN CHAH

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If it shouldn’t happen, it wouldn’t happen.
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
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Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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Awareness Steady Within Yourself
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.
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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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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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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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You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
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Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
AJAHN CHAH

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If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly.
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