There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice.
AJAHN CHAHIf you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand.
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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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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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet.
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Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don’t believe others, just listen to your mind. You don’t have to go anywhere else.
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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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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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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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When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.
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Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.
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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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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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Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.
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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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Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
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